An unusual post with few words. Only a handful to honour Chinggis Khan and the Chinggis Khan statue in Ulaan Baatar. He stands forty meters tall (taller than the head of the Statue of Liberty). Independently funded by some, well, rich…
The Gobi Desert Induced Digital Detoxification
It took around twenty six hours on the Trans-Mongolian express to get from Beijing, across the eastern edge of the Gobi Desert, and to Ulan Batar, Mongolia’s capital city. Ulan Batar is an awesome capital city. I might actually put it in…
Beijing: The Electric Death Trap Chase
“Woah that’s weird. Why is our [Beijing version of a] tuk-tuk driver wildly shoulder checking like that all of a sudden?” “What? Why is he crossing over into oncoming traffic now?” “U-turn!? But he was headed straight for our hotel??…
Wild Wall Weekend on the Great Wall of China
Earth day 2016. What’d all y’all do to make a difference? We didn’t do much. Just spent the afternoon picking garbage up off the Great Wall of China. No biggie. I kid 🙂 (Well actually we really did do that!…
Xian: The Eighth Wonder and the Holy Mountain
They say domestic flights in China only have an 80% success rate of leaving on time. But given the twelve hours it took us to make the two and a half hour journey from Shanghai to Xian (and our plane…
Shanghai: The Chinese Just Don’t Give a F#%k
It took perhaps two days of navigating the streets of Shanghai. And I now have a far greater understanding of where the Chinese back in Canada are coming from. Chinese people really just don’t give much of a fuck. …And…
Around the World in TBD Days
This trip has been an interesting one to plan. As in, we actually had to plan to go on this trip. We don’t normally do that so much. Not really. All who wander are not lost. Or so they say.…
Me Love You Laos Time
We just completed a two week journey starting in Northern Laos, taking us through to Southern Laos. Interestingly, a friend and I did almost the exact same route sixteen years prior, back in 1998! Interesting to me, at least. Going…
Myanmar Meander: The Road From Mandalay
We spent three weeks travelling around Myanmar in January, 2014. Here is our story. Apologies for the length! Note that it is pretty common to freely interchange the names Burma and Myanmar in the country. At first I was trying…
Thailand Visa: Now Good for 30 Days by Land and Sea
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s another guest post by the First Lady! * * * When we started this trip in November, you could only get a Thailand visa for two weeks if entering by land or sea, or 30s if…