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One of the things that has always intrigued me about Mongolia is their nomadic population. The nomads of Mongolia live in felt tents (gers) and move about 8-10 times a year, moving to areas Read the rest of this entry »
Today was a magical day. Witnessing a horse race on the Mongolian steppe was surreal, beautiful, exhilirating, and extremely dusty. I’ve been to horse races before, but it was nothing like this. Read the rest of this entry »
Nadaam: Mongolian word for “Game” or “Competition”
Archery, Wrestling, and Horse Racing: These are the national sports of Mongolia, and the focus of the nationwide festival known as “Nadaam.” Before Communist times, the Mongolians called it “The Three Manly Sports” and only men could compete. It was changed to “Nadaam” under the influence Read the rest of this entry »
Ulaan Bataar is not a pretty city. It’s composed of a lot of soviet-bloc style buildings, dust, and buildings under construction. Read the rest of this entry »
Exhausted and groggy when we arrived at the Ulaan Bataar train station at 6:30am on Saturday, we were met by the hostel owner, Zaya, who was full of energy and information she wanted to share with 3 new bright eyed optimistic foreigners. Amongst other things, she warned us that theft, particularly pickpocketing, was a problem in Ulaan Bataar. Read the rest of this entry »
Crossing the Russia-Mongolia border
I’ll admit that I was a bit intimidated by the thought of traveling in Russia. Landing in the Moscow airport by myself in the middle of the night was more than a little unnerving. I think my current events class in school (while we were still in a cold war with the USSR) brain washed me into believing it was a cold, dark, mean place. This trip has completely changed the images that come to my mind when I hear the word “Russia.”
Russia is now a land of fairy-tale beauty. Stilettos. Jolly old men on local train rides. Beautiful women. Passionate couples. Too much mayonaise. Men with striking blue eyes. Laughing children. Stunning cities. Peaceful countryside. Long lines. Adidas. Salami and cheese. People with stories to tell. Bad hairdos. Amused but appreciative smiles for your attempts to speak Russian.
These images I now associate with Russia are invaluable to me. They are worth more than every dollar, ruple, tugrug, yuan, and baht that I’ll spend on this trip. They are but one more reason I travel.
Siberia was surprisingly pleasant and surprisingly hot. We arrived at Novisibirsk station (after 3 straight days on the train), which is smack dab in the middle of Siberia at smack dab in the middle of the night (about 1:00am). We decided to take a taxi to Tomsk Read the rest of this entry »
Over the last week we’ve ridden a total of 6 trains traveling from Moscow to Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia. It was an experience, to say the least. Read the rest of this entry »
As “Same Same But Different” is the ubiquitous t-shirt phrase in Thailand, “Vodka: Connecting People” is the ubiquitous phrase in Russia. On our first overnight train journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow we discovered why. Read the rest of this entry »
A lot has happened over the past few days, but internet access has been limited and I haven’t been able to download any pictures. I think posts without pictures are a little boring, so I’ve held off on my updates, but I’m sure my mother wants to know that I’m alive and well, so here I sit blogging in Siberia. We are now in Siberia, in a city called Krasnojarsk, waiting for the next train on our way to Mongolia. We are slowly inching our way across this massive continent with a series of 12-20 hour train rides. We just spent two nights in a little Siberian town and it was lovely. We even got up the nerve to take a bus about 30 minutes outside of town to a little Siberian village. Needless to say, life here is quite different than Moscow and St. Petersburg.
We should be in Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia in a couple of days and I will send a series of updates and pictures once I find some decent internet access. Many thanks to all who have left comments! They really keep me inspired and motivated. Ciao, Amanda
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