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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Day 20: Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia then on Train to Beijing »Day 20: Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia then on Train to Beijing October 2nd 2008 by ddfdOur new beds for the next 30 hoursMore Ger camps on the outskirts of townThe Gobi Desert. All we saw for hours and hoursEveryone out of the trainBuying bread and avoiding buying gemsTim and our trainWe had to fill out 7 forms this time. Thanks Chloe for filling out...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Have you ever seen a pool hall where all of the tables are on the side of the street?
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
| | | | | | | Day 18: Ulaan Baatar, MongoliaJournals from: » » Travel Blogs by :« Day 18: Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia » » September 30th 2008 by fdsfdsTB: [diary=333481]Travel Blogs by :« Journals from: » » Copyright notice.The text and photos of article remain the copyright of the Author (Chloe & Tim). Under no circumstances should the photos or text be used without the express written permission of the...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Polling stations opened in Mongolia Sunday morning in the Asian country's local parliamentary elections. Voters will select representatives of local parliaments in the capital city Ulan Bator, all provinces, as well as counties and districts. It is reported that seven political parties have presented candidates to compete for the 690 seats in all provincial and the capital's legislative bodies. But...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are photos attached so click the web link on your email is you can't see themWe have just spent the most amazing two weeks in the Mongolian countryside and have had a fabulous experience. We organised a driver and a guide through our guesthouse and were joined by 2 Spanish girls and a Danish couple. Accomodation was mainly in Gers owned by Mongolian families although we slept in tents o
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
We had very inauspicious start to our visit to Mongolia. After alighting from the train we were met with the usual touts for hostels and because we had to find an ATM chose to jump in a taxi instead. A taxi driver came running toward us and after assuring us that his was indeed a metered taxi packed our bags into the back of his vehicle. First he drove us to a money exchange even though we h
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
So I accidentally went on a tour of a cashmere factory today. Yes accidentally. I thought that it was a cashmere shopping trip. This is what happens when you get your information third hand. I hadnrsquot been shopping for cashmere yet. I am still easily lost going around the city and hadnrsquot gotten around to coordinating a trip with anyone else. My friend Liz who I work with has
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Nearly a month no blog....we are now in Mongolia but I need to update on the rest of our China tour.Last blog we were killing time in Suzhou waiting for our overnight train to Xi'an. We arrived left our bags at the hotel breakfasted on dumplings and then grabbed a tandem to cycle round the city walls 13km in all and Patrick will tell you he did most of the work. We then grabbed a cab and h
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rediff Movies (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Set in a post-apocalyptic Europe (No mention of a particular year, but definitely beyond 2017) the central character of Babylon A.D- Toorop (Vin Diesel) taking up an assignment to "deliver" a messianic orphan named Aurora (Melanie Thierry) from a monastery in Mongolia to New York in company with an butt-kicking nun, Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh); makes for a tedious 90 min test of patience.
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www.musikmonster.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Set in a post-apocalyptic Europe (No mention of a particular year, but definitely beyond 2017) the central character of Babylon A.D- Toorop (Vin Diesel ) taking up an assignment to "deliver" a messianic orphan named Aurora (Melanie Thierry) from a monastery in Mongolia to New York in company with an butt-kicking nun, Sister Rebeka (Michelle [...]
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Hi all. I was going to upload the latest blog today as well as pictures but the internet is crap tonight and it is taking hours to load anything. Will do so when we get to Aalan Baator in Mongolia on Monday. We are both well though tired from all the tourism. Need to get a train at 6am tomorrow so off to bed now.Take careJohn Sylvia.
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China Environmental Law (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Think it’s bad where you are? It could be worse. The following Chinese cities have been singled out for disapprobation by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) regarding their environmental records: Bad Air: Bayannur and Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia Baiyin, Gansu Urumqi, Xinjiang Huanggang, Hubei Bad Water: Hengshui and Cangzhou, Hebei Linfen, Shanxi Fuyang, Anhui Tongchuan, Shaanxi Wuwei, Gansu...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Nick Hewer Sir Alan Sugar's sidekick on The Apprentice drove 9000 miles over 50 days through 14 countries to get from London to Ulan Bator. Here he reflects on lessons learned along the way.
