Getting the train from Ulaanbaatar to travel to BeijingWithin thirty minutes of leaving Ulaanbaatar station, the scenery dissolved into pure nothingness. Not “quiet countryside” nothingness — I mean nothing. No…
Travel to Mongolia: A brief history of MongoliaI was gutted that visa issues forced us to abandon our dream of travelling overland into Mongolia via the old Silk Road. Instead,…
Backpacking Kyrgyzstan: Lakes, Mountains and DonkeysKyrgyzstan had been sitting on my wish list for years, and finally we made it. Looking like it was named by someone who fell asleep…
Backpacking Kazakhstan: Introducing the ‘stansCentral Asia is one of those regions most people from the West never visit and rarely hear about.Sacha Baron Cohen may have put Kazakhstan on the…