Hi everyone! More tales to tell than we can shake a stick at, so let’s just let some photos tell a thousand words each. There are captions to guide you through. Enjoy! Photos of Mongolia: Entering the Gobi Desert

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 [...]

It feels like a big part of the trip is coming up; Mongolia is going to be freakin wicked. I kind of suspect it’s going to be one of my favorite places in the whole world. And that’s saying a lot, because I’ve loved everywhere I’ve been. But the wide-open landscapes, the allure of the [...]

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 [...]