Author Archives: Todd

We Made it to Europe-Istanbul

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Todd

We had an early flight, 630am, from Bishkek to Istanbul so we called up our Yandex.Taxi app, and a driver was at our door within 10 minutes. The Bishkek airport was hopping this early in the morning, and it was … Continue reading →

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Horse Rectum for Dinner in Kyrgyzstan?

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Todd

Where is Kyrgyzstan?  I am not going to act like I was able to pick it out on a map with a high degree of certainty before Katy and I decided to go there. It is between Kazakhstan and China; … Continue reading →

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Thoughts and Musings on Mongolia

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Todd

I am breaking this post into two parts. The first are things I learned about Mongolia from talking to people that I found interesting and couldn’t fit into other posts. The second part are my thoughts on the country in … Continue reading →

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Three Days at Khovsgul in Photos

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Todd

We spent most of the day driving to lake Khovsgul. Khovsgul is a rather large lake which contains about 2% of the earths fresh water. We had three nights at the lake before we drove to Moron and flew back … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Need Electricity to Enjoy Lakes and Hot Springs

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Todd

What did we do after the yak festival? That was my thought when I started writing this portion of the blog. Day of the week, day of the month, and what order we have done things is getting hard to … Continue reading →

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Mongolian Yak Polo

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Todd

We left Karakoram and were suppose to have a short drive to visit a temple and a waterfall. Unlike the previous days, we did not review the plan ahead of time. We arrived at a viewpoint overlooking the Orkhon Valley … Continue reading →

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Two Humped Camels in Mongolia

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Todd

The second half of our Mongolian adventure started with a rainy morning. Katy wanted one last real coffee before she began ten days of only powdered coffee. I went to place down the street and got two large lattes each … Continue reading →

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Ulaanbaatar: Katy’s Favorite City to Shop In

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Todd

We had noticed that our ticket indicated that our flight Ulaanbaatar was going to take over four hours, which seemed rather excessive for a three hour flight between airports with minimal air traffic. We boarded our flight with boarding passes … Continue reading →

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Drinking Fermented Horse Milk Sounds Good in Principle

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Todd

Kazahk culture and their idea of personal space is definitely a lot different than ours. I don’t think that I could cope with the lack of solitude that they have. They also are very giving and want the best for … Continue reading →

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Kazakh Dance Party

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Todd

Coffee and tea. These seem to be two items that this trip evolve around. Baku keeps a sturdy Stanley thermos filled with hot water so that during our breakfast tea time, lunch tea time, afternoon tea time, dinner tea time, … Continue reading →

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