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Category Archives: backpacking
Istanbul is Hot in August, the Pool at the Ritz is not
Our third day in Istanbul denoted when we were down to only one week of honeymoon left. We went down to breakfast, and they remembered our breakfast drink order, one coffee with cream and one Turkish tea, and brought it … Continue reading
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We Made it to Europe-Istanbul
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?
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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Tagged beer, Bishkek, bishkek Kyrgyzstan, Craft beer bishkek, hiking bishkek, hikinh, hipster, hipster bishkek, internet, Kyrgyzstan, maerket, microbrew, osh market, sim card bishkek, yandex, yandex.taxi
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Thoughts and Musings on Mongolia
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
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
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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Tagged ger, hot springs, hot springs mongolia, jargal jiguur, jeep, khorgo, khorgo volcano, Mongolia, tourist ger, volcano, white lake
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Mongolian Yak Polo
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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Tagged driving, driving mongolia, furgon, horse race, land cruiser, Mongolia, monk, onks, polo, temple, Yak, yak festival, yak polo, yak polo mongolia
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Drinking Fermented Horse Milk Sounds Good in Principle
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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Tagged back, backpacking, bwckpqcking, kazakh, mare milk, Mongolia, rain, ulgii
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Kazakh Dance Party
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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Tagged backpacking, dance party, deer stone, furgon, ger, kazakh cheese, kazakh dance party, kazakh ger, Mongolia, ulgii
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I promise we did not go to Russia or China and stayed in Mongolia
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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Tagged backpacking, China, furgon, hiking, Mongolia, Russia, stuck furgon, tovan bogd, tuvan bogd, ulgii
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Far Flung Forays 