Evidently not many of the millions of tourist dollars that pour into Nepal every year get spent on infrastructure. The airport is chaotic, the roads are potholed, and littered with […]
Month: March 2013
Mongolian Nomads: Ger-to-Ger: Our last few families
DAY 4 Broke bright and frosty. Over breakfast of hard biscuits and milk tea our host asked whether we had a car or ox-cart at home. We answer “car” and […]
Mongolian Nomads: Ger-to-Ger: Our first few families
DAY 1 We had found Ger-to-Ger in our guidebook, they described themselves as providing “’Social Enterprise’ comprised nomadic travel routes, rural cultural home-stay programs that aim to expand greater community […]
Ulaanbaatar: A modern gateway to an ancient way of life
Touching down at Ulaanbaatar airport was not the way we had planned to arrive, but it did at least give a bird’s eye view of the vast mountainous plateau that […]
An unexpected change of plan!!
After a leisurely morning in Listvyanka, a chance perusal of our passports by Josi at 5pm revealed an alarming discovery. We had been diligent about planning our entry dates into […]
Josi’s Top Ten: Russia
These were our top 10 things in Russia (in no particular order) – obviously, they are not the top 10 things to do in Russia necessarily and perhaps they just […]
Things we walked past: Russia
We wanted to capture some things we walked past on our travels through Russia that didn’t fit a particular blog but gives an indication of some random things that you […]
Lake Baikal: Awe-inspiring & terrifying!
Lake Baikal is one of the natural wonders of the world, and its statistics are mind-boggling. It is the oldest lake in the world, and also the largest, at least […]