By the river near Terelj By the river near Terelj

By the river near Terelj



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Blog: Fullmoon over the wild Mongolian steppe
Date: October 30th 2007

I spent a wild week in Mongolia, so much so that I didn't want to leave at all and was seriously considering changing my ticket. I arrived in Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia, last Sunday, after another overnight train trip from Ulan Ude - this time in the company of a very nice English couple, Tom and Gev, who are on their way to Australia. We spent hours chatting and keeping each other's spirits ... read more




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Tiziana Stupia
I am a half-Sicilian, half-German woman who has lived in the UK for fifteen years. I left England on 17th September 2007 for an overland trip (mainly by train) that has taken me so far from Leamington Spa through Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Nepal, and Pakistan, where I celebrated the Winter Solstice festival with the Kalash tribe in the Hindu Kush mountains. I then spent five months in North India, studying yoga, meeting mystics, learning ancient fire ceremonies and working as an English teacher. I never really settled again after that, and have be... full info
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