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Join James, Anna, and Colin (Team Canada Too) as they share their adventures from the 2009 Mongol Rally . They drove from England, through Europe and across Asia to Siberia and Mongolia. The Mongol Rally is a car rally which is about having an adventure...
Gerry Burger-Martindale will be sharing photos and adventures from her solo trip from Moscow to Mongolia by plane, train and camel, with detours to St. Petersburg and Uzbekistan. The program will take place on Tuesday, January 26th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm...
We have reached the end of Gerry's travels across Russia by plane, train and camel! Gerry will be sharing more of her photos and adventures in a presentation, Across Russia On My Own. The program will take place on Tuesday, January 26th from 6:00...
August 21, 2009 Breakfast was lovely-looking omelets, which when cut in to, revealed a stuffing of rice and ham! We packed up and were on the road soon after 8:30. Our driver drove like a fiend over the desert roads and it took less than 3 hours to get...
August 20, 2009 Catching the nanny goats seemed to take longer today…horses had been let loose and husband walked off into the desert with a bridle to find them, so he wasn’t around to help, but the little granddaughter did (and did a great job milking...
August 19, 2009 Was told goat milking was around 6:30. I woke once in the night; cold and went into my sleeping bag; slept till about 6 – amazing! Guide continued sleeping; nomads were already up. I helped her round up the nanny goats – 66 I think – and...
August 16, 2009 After 5 days the train arrived in Ulaanbaatar (UB to everyone) 15 minutes late – talk about remarkable! Mongol in Main Square Met by my driver and guide; taken to my very fancy hotel – Chenggis Khan (what else could it be called!); the...
En Route to Mongolia (Part 2) August 12-16, 2009 Lake Baikal is a long narrowish lake; the deepest and reputedly the largest freshwater lake. The railway track follows its shoreline for maybe ¼ of one side of it – at times right up against the shore,...