Dave & Meredith's Travel Blog

Here is the view from our tent at our third camp at “Mosquito Hill”: Actually, the mosquitoes weren’t too bad here.  The reason for the name is that on previous trips, the camp site used to be down the hill at the junction between two rivers, which was really mosquito infested.  That place was called […]

We stayed at seven different camp sites during the trek, three of which were 2-night stays, and four of which were 1-night stays. At 1-night camps, our time was mainly focused on being efficient.  We got into camp, set up our tents and the dining tent (for cold or inclement weather; otherwise, we ate outside), […]

Here is the view from our tent at our second camp site at Upper Khoton Nuur: – Meredith

Each camp site during our trek was between 15 and 20 kilometers apart.  Some of the members of the group hiked, and some of us rode horses.  All of our gear, food and camp equipment was carried from site to site on the backs of 8 camels (the road for cars petered out soon after […]

We met our horses today and took them for a test drive for about an hour.  My horse is the only red head in the group, and although he is one of the bigger horses, he seems a little pokey, so I decided to name him Opie.  Other than the fact that he sometimes wanders […]

Here is the view from our window (tent) at our first camp site at Lower Khoton Nuur.  We stayed here for 2 nights: – Meredith

Some of you know that if I try to read in a car, I get car sick.  Or if I’m on a bus, I need to sit up front, or I get car sick. The roads in Mongolia are mostly dirt and rock/stone, and the roads in Western Mongolia are better suited to horses and […]

Here is a picture of the view from our window (door, really) at the Eagle Ger Camp in Ulgii in Western Mongolia: We stayed in Gers (the round white structure on the left side of the picture). These are the homes for many Mongolian people, who are traditionally (and many are still) nomadic. The Gers […]