by Calvin Sun | Jan 21, 2017 | China, Epiphanies on the Road, Mongolia, Post-travel Reflections, Russia, Tibet, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet, You're Going to Miss It...
Press play. And then start reading. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin You’re going to miss the trepidation of landing in a foreign country, for which visas you’ve...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 10, 2017 | Border Crossing, China, Crisis, How's the weather?, Mongolia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
After a bit of too much drinking on the train last night and sleeping in at around 2am, we woke up at 9am for the border crossing from Mongolia into China at Zamin Uud. Although it was a lot less serious than the crossing between Russia and...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 9, 2017 | Fit for Foodies, Mongolia, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
After streaking in -20ºF weather and sleeping in by the fire last night, we woke up to a beautiful sunrise in Terelj National Park. After breakfast we headed out for about an hour out for the long way east . ....
by Calvin Sun | Jan 8, 2017 | How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Mongolia, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
Photo credit to Melissa Weinmann for the photo above. Hello from a balmy -15ºF (-22ºC) in the coldest capital city on the planet: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia! After chugging along from Irkutsk, Russia, our attendants woke us all up at 6:15am, giving us about...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 7, 2017 | Border Crossing, Crisis, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Mongolia, Russia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
This morning we woke up early for our 7am pickup for Train #004 from Irkutsk to Ulaanbaatar departing at 8:12am. And there our train stood waiting for us, emerging from the hazy mist of an early morning fog as if out of a dream — this...
