After an unexpected overnight layover in No-Facebook’s land (China), wherein the convenience store of our very posh airline-paid-for hotel one could purchase vacuum-sealed chicken feet to munch (vomit), we met our hostel’s airport pick-up in Mongolia’s capitol of Ulaanbaatar. A nice Mongolian fellow waited to greet us, bearing a sign that boldly proclaimed he was [...]
POLKA-DOTTED SHARKS!!! Don’t TELL me God doesn’t have a sense of humor (or some serious drugs). They are absolutely awesome and even more incredible in person than I’d imagined – and I’ve been looking forward to this for YEARS!!! I’ll never forget the first moment I jumped in the water, mask and snorkel on, and [...]
I enjoy giving my mom the occasional coronary. Mom’s reaction to my new tiger picture: me: ps did you see the blog update? have you entered your email address to get email notifications? michelle: scuse me but i just learned how to text!!! I need to do more??! Now i know how that kid felt [...]
Having been initiated by our first hour or so of camel riding, we graduated to a new speed: running. I knew something was up when all of the guides had either shared a camel with one of the tourists, or had mounted the extremely vocal camel-in-training. A few whips along the camels’ butts, and we [...]
When we pulled up to our destination we were instantly greeted by seven camels spread out with bundles of blankets and other desert necessities. All but one of the camels were prepped for the day’s trek, and we were just in time for a show. The last, and youngest camel, was still in training, and [...]
