If you want to experience Istanbul stress free, and absorb all it’s historical significance, I recommend hiring a local tour guide. Our guide Hanifi (professional and licensed), offers very flexible tours and can custom design a program for you based…
I took a short trip to Istanbul last week. It’s an amazing city with an amazing history. Many know the story of ancient Constantinople (Roman Empire) and it’s fall to the Ottomans (thus the formation of the city of Istanbul).…
Perhaps the title should have read “hoof prints” of Genghis Khan instead of “footsteps”. Anyway, this post is inspired by the Journey of Australian Tim Cope, who in 2006 made a SOLO journey lasting 2.5 years on horseback from Central…
Do you see that thing in the background under the horse’s legs (click on pic to enlarge)? Do you have any guess what it is? It looks like a wagon wheel, like in the old pioneer days of the USA,…
It’s New Year’s Day. It’s a time when people reflect on the year gone by and set goals for the upcoming year. I have never been one to make New Year’s resolutions- The idea of waiting for the end of…
I would describe the Mongolian people that I met as quite spiritual, with a close connection to nature, animals and the land. In this way I believe they are similar to the Native American tribes of the USA. I started…
I lost ~ 6 lbs (2.7 kg) in 2 weeks while in Mongolia. Much of this had to do with the physical activity (work) every day, but also because of the good diet. With the exception of store bought bread,…
Just a short post. As I mentioned earlier, the nomads are quite resourceful. Here they’ve used what looks like an old truck tire as a feeding trough. Maybe it is not a truck tire because I can’t understand how they…
“Every piece of plastic created is still on this planet in one form or another” When you think about it, that statement is rather profound. Before I left on my trip to Mongolia, I was very curious about what environmental…
Just a quick post/ video here. I hadn’t really properly prepared in terms of learning some of the language before I left. I doubt it would have helped much. I was able to get by using a phrasebook that I…
