Off Road with Kimchi and Boxes

We got our Chinese visa and practically we could leave Mongolia anytime, but the experience of this country would not be complete without horse riding. During our Gobi trip we met a Finnish couple who recommended us a good family-run company which organises horseback tours near the White Lake in Central Mongolia. Without a further

Gob(i)smacked M&M’s

Gobi, which means ‘great desert’ in Mongolian, is 1000 miles long and 500 miles wide of open space free from human interference, unchanged for hundreds of years. Sandy areas constitute only 3% of the Gobi Desert, the rest is pebble and tuffs of grass. Driving through the Gobi you pass roughly one or two ger

M&M’s hiking & camping in Gorkhi-Terelj NP

Ulaan Baatar: Our Ugly Duckling

Being a white European in Mongolia, our first encounter with local people in the streets of Ulaan Baatar was a loud snort and spit followed by ‘Welcome to Mongolia’, heard from a complete stranger who was passing us by. Another stranger approached us out of nowhere, shook our hands saying ‘hi’ and walked away hurriedly,