Back in the early 2000s, I travelled for 3 years – Africa, North America and Asia. I knew I would have a lot of time on my hands so I decided to learn to juggle the Devil Stix. Since then, a set of Stix have joined me on most of our holidays and the kids are getting better and better too. Nothing like building concentration and hand-eye coordination while having fun. This adventure I have a set of Stix but also have a Diablo…look them up! We were in Laos mailing postcards when our three girls started melting down…as …
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Flaming Cliffs
It is amazing how Unuruu knows where to go. The ‘road’ is just two tire trails in the desert scrub. Occasionally he stops, looks around and realises he took a wrong turn and we cut across until we find tracks again… After a long day of this driving we ended up at the beautiful Flaming Cliffs. This area was where so many dinosaur fossils were found. We got to the UB Dinosaur Museum on our last day which was cool. Turns out Mongolia has their own, slightly smaller version of T. rex but here the T stands for …
Stuck in a sh**hole
I’m sharing an internal joke. Last year my eldest melted down on me about the trip. Her key worry was of being stuck in a sh**hole in the middle of nowhere with no ticket out. Fast forward to today, our last stop after being on the Mongolian ‘roads’ for 15 days and before returning to Ulaan Bataar. We have overnighted in a comfortable and very clean family ger. The outhouse is the usual long drop. It’s time for departure and the younger 2 go for the last pee before hitting the ‘road’. There is a nail on the outside of …
Camel Riding Part Deux
While with our camel herding South Gobi family we tried camel riding. After mounting up, the older two decided pretty quickly it was not for them so M.C, Willow and I went off for a few hours. That was plenty – I walked like John Wayne for a day and sitting on our plastic camp stools was less than excellent. After young Willow regaled her sisters about the joys of camel riding They were determined to give it a go. So a few days later, they joined our new U.K friends, Bryan and Emily for a tour to the dunes and …
Beijing – 17 years later
What a cultural shock! From temperature to the hoardes of people… Beijing is a dramatic change, dramatic, from Ulaan Bataar. People have been helpful. Curious about us having 3 girls. Keen to know where we are from. Surprised that our girls, in particular Kaia, can converse in Mandarin. I have been to Beijing many times before on business, this was my first time back as a tourist in 18 years. Last time here I was single and gatecrashed a trip a friend was taking with his wife (Paine/Norman). 1. Beijing is still congested. A sprawling cartésien city, large avenues, except …
The Sand Dunes
☀️Sand Dunes☀️ That day mom stayed at the gers because she hates the thought of getting g sand I all the cracks of her body. But she missed out on loads of fun. Our guides Pujeey and Unuruu tried to chase us{Skye,Willow and me} up the sand dunes. When we reached the top there was an amazing view. We had to go down a little hill and then go to the top which was the highest point of all the dunes. 😎 Here are some pics I took when we were at the sand dunes. 👇 Me at the …
My thoughts on Mongolia
Mongolia was not really what I expected. Let’s imagine you think of Africa {If you have been to Africa don’t read this part} When I went there, before I left I thought it would look like a huge desert with a couple of trees and some animals. I thought Mongolia would look like street stalls and a lot and a lot of people. But instead U.B was green and looked a bit like Hong Kong in a way. I know hard to believe right…well look at this.
Dung Beetle Mansion
The dung beetle mansion Skye and Willow. At lunch Willow pick up a rock and found that it was a dung beetle house so they started to run all over the place. Then we started to make them houses and we all started to collect the dung beetles. After there were so many houses that me and Willow came up with an idea,”the dung beetle mansion “so we kept 2 houses and took huge rocks and billt it around the 2 house of rocks we hope the dung beetles like it. It was fun!!!
Skye’s Mongolia
Our website is serving many purposes. One purpose is so the kids can look back in later years and see a chronicle of their grand adventure. Skye has her own camera ( thanx Uncle Jon), and has taken many pix.
Gers
Ger From Skye and Willow Ger’s are the rit sise for anyone! The beds are comfy some are hard and some are soft and same for the pillows. But it is a bit small if you take out the table. It’s round and sometimes there are sinks there are different designs on the wall but it is not really a wall so they can take it down to move easily. There is also a fire pit if you get cold. The doors are lower so sometimes you can hit your heads and one of these nights there was a pillow …