Author Archives: Todd

I promise we did not go to Russia or China and stayed in Mongolia

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Todd

We started one of the long drive days of the trip, heading towards Tovan Bogd National Park which is located about 10km from both the Chinese and Russian borders. It was a good six hour drive on roads that google … Continue reading →

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Naadam in Ulgii

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Todd

The reason that we came back to Ulgii was to experience part of the Naadam festival. Naadam is an annual multiple day festival celebrating ”the three manly sports”, which are horse racing, archery, and wrestling. We wanted to experience a … Continue reading →

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I got eagle drool on my pants

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Todd

    I am not talking about a Dungeons and Dragons potion, but legit golden eagle drool.   It all started when our three hour long propeller plane ride landed in Ulgii, Mongolia. We disembarked onto the tarmac and gradually wondered … Continue reading →

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Tokyo->Beijing->Ulaanbaatar->Ulgii, now no planes for awhile

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Todd

We had an early morning departure from Japan. By early I mean 9am, but unfortunately the very convenient airport bus that leaves directly from our hotel does not run before 830am. Fortunately we were pros at the specific train line … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Objectives: Ramen and Sushi

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Todd

The last week has been a whirlwind. It is not until now, sitting in business class on ANA flying to Japan that I am finally starting to relax. I have even chosen to read a book instead of watching a … Continue reading →

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Baby Elephants on parade

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Todd

One nice thing about Sri Lanka is that even when it rains so hard that it floods your hotel room, six hours after it stops you can’t even tell it rained. The country seems perpetually damp, (my hair loves it) … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka—tea, tuktuks, and monsoon rain

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Todd

I started the first day in Sri Lanka waking up before my alarm, big surprise. I am very determined not to have a repeat of South Korea where it took almost the entire vacation to not want to sleep at … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka Bound, but first Hong Kong

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Todd

  Katy and I had a couple weeks blocked off to travel for a medical rotation for her residency; unfortunately that fell through,  and we were forced to come up with a plan b of where to take a quick … Continue reading →

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Taipei: The Land of Rain

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Todd

Day number 2 started surprisingly well. I had forgotten to take a sleeping pill to night before and still got 7h of sleep which is not typical of my (ask Katy about sleeping in Korea). I rallied and was out … Continue reading →

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Taipei on Wednesday? Why not!!!!!

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Todd

I am currently in Taipei. This might have been my most last minute trip so far. It started by randomly looking online for a long weekend I had coming up in a week to see if their were any cheap … Continue reading →

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