ecmolik on July 31st, 2009

  Yeah, this day we stayed put and had a relaxing morning.  All the members (Olga, Til and Dave) who had the flu felt much better today. This Ger camp is called Munkh Tenger (Blue Sky) and is very good.  Russ and I even had a private onsuite built alongside our Ger with a shower that worked! [...]

Continue reading about Day 37 – Thursday, July 23rd, Kara Korum, Mongolia

    We had a long trek this day 280 kms. and all of us were anxious to get started.  We travelled north west and started to leave the desert into grasslands! The trails changed from sharp rocks to gravel and sand or sometimes just red clay mud ruts. We passed a field of wild blue [...]

Continue reading about Day 36 – Wednesday, July 22nd, Ongiyn Hiid to Kara Korum, Mongolia (237 km total to date 7,417 km)

      On this day we said good-bye to our third group, Kelly, James, Brad, Bea and Kevin.  James was back to his old self and looking forward to seeing Shanghai with the group before heading home on Saturday. Before the rest of us checked out of the Three Camels Lodge Russ, Jon and [...]

Continue reading about Day 35 – Tuesday, July 21st, Three Camel Lodge to Ongiyn Hiid, Mongolia (174 km – total to date 7,180 km)