Blogs from Saynshand, Dornogovi, Mongolia, Asia

SAYNSHAND - DAY 3 After a pretty good nights' sleep and an easy morning devouring another chapter or two of my book, we walked over to the museum at around 10-ish, as we were going to meet Sara at 11. First stop of course was 'The Castle', where we bought some food and the much needed fluids for our desert trip. Sitting outside the museum catching the first rays of October, we met a fellow traveler, quite a character acually, who was also planning to head over to Khamarin Khiid. His plan was slightly different from ours though, since we were planning to come back... Apparently he wanted to stay at the monastry for 2 whole weeks! So with the three of us and what I would say, a very handsome driver, we set off across ... read more

HOHHOT-ERLIANHOT-ZAMYN UUD DAY 1 Me and my friend Kerstin decided that the best way to spend the Chinese National holiday, was to head across the border into Mongolia. So on Monday morning at 08:00 we departed the bus station in Hohhot, destined for Erlianhot, the border town. 4 Chapters of my book about the Karakoram highway and a few short naps later we arrived. Our initial plan was to check out the dinosaur museum and surroundings, but when we were informed by the hotel staff that the border was going to be closed for a few days, we decided instead to head across that same day. We took the taxi and were meaning to walk across, but apparently this was not to be done. So we got a lift in the back of an SUV, after ... read more