Hello Mongolia!
We certainly arrived in Ulaanbaatar on an auspicious day. At 5am, all bleary-eyed, we stepped off the train from Russia in to the shivering darkness of a Mongolian morning and were informed it was a...
View ArticleThere are no road signs in the Gobi Desert. Part 1
There are few blacktop roads in Mongolia once you leave the smog blanketed chaos of Ulaanbaatar, out in the desert it takes knowledge and experience to navigate the wide open plains. The sun and the...
View ArticleThere are no road signs in the Gobi Desert. Part 2: A break down.
After the thrilling night sleeping in the family ger we rose early, our host was already out tending his animals. Bread was toasting on the gers stove, breakfast was devoured. We brushed our teeth in...
View ArticleThere are no road signs in the Gobi Desert. Part 3: Snow
After our fun frolicking in the Khongoryn Sand Dunes, another day in our little Soviet van beckoned. We would be heading to Yolyn Am, a rocky canyon to the west. From the dunes we travelled through...
View ArticleThere are no road signs in the Gobi Desert. Part 4: Rocks
The sun had peeped out from the grey snow clouds by the time we were driving out of the Yolyn Am gorge and when we eventually stopped for lunch it was a clear sunny day. Bata’s usually impeccable...
View ArticleGoodbye Mongolia, Nihao China!
Vagabond Baker Ulaanbaatar After our little adventure around the wide open spaces of the Gobi desert it felt strange to be confined in chaotic, noisy Ulaanbaatar. In the two full days left in Mongolia...
View ArticleMongolia in October is Spectacular!
Vagabond Baker Mongolia in October Mongolia in October is spectacular! It is still possible to get out into the Gobi Desert. Those wide open landscapes look incredible in the clear October sunshine,...
View ArticleBirthdays Away
Vagabond Baker Sunday Musings: Birthdays Away. Do you like to get away for your birthday or would you rather spend it at home with all your friends and family around? This might sound completely...
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