Gobi Desert – Mongolia Grazing Goats I chose this photo this week in order to bring more visibility to the current state of emergency in Mongolia.  There are a lot of weather disasters happening around the globe right now, and Mongolia is no exception.  The extreme cold weather has been the cause of death to [...]

Tiger Balm Tales vol. 11 Day 10 – A Mouse in My House After 10 days of decreasing temperatures and increasing wind my body is rebelling. My lips have become as dry as the Gobi Desert , my nasal passages feel like hard booger craters have invaded it, and my hands are so dry they [...]

“We all live under the same sky but we don’t have the same horizon” – Konrad Adenauer Isolation I have been to about 90% of Asia and there’s one things that hold constant among all Asian countries; population density. There are so many people in Asia, it’s mind boggling. This population density contributes to why [...]

To Queue or not to Queue…a heated subject in Asia! While in Mongolia I was able to test a theory of mine: Queues don’t exist in Asia I thought I was on the right track to proving it when I arrived at the Ulanbatar airport and saw the immigration ‘free for all’. A small room [...]

During my Gobi Desert travels I experienced all sorts transportation; some more enjoyable than others. True to the Ger to Ger vision, we mainly traveled as the locals did unless we had really far distances to cover. I found the whole experience fascinating as some of the old nomadic ways of travel had evolved into [...]

I started my morning screaming at people today. Granted I’m not a morning person, that’s no secret, but I don’t normally scream at people. Sure, I think it – but it seldom comes out. “Get off the f’ing sidewalk!!” I believe is what escaped my lips with some really pissed-off arm gestures accompanying the words. [...]

Note to self… Always, always, always take a camera with you when you walk out the door. It is a certainly that you will wish you had it at some point in the journey outside my apartment!! Why do I have to learn this lesson over and over again? Today was the final straw…I had [...]

Dhal Bhat Days – Vol 3 8/31/08 Snapshots from this day of the journey can be found here! Photography from Nepalese Villages – click here! Today I arrived at the village of Puma where I will be staying for 2 weeks. It’s pretty much what I thought it would be in my ‘prepare for the [...]