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After an epic hiatus, my name in print
It’s been five years since I had any work published as a journalist. I miss my career so much. Today I am wearing the biggest smile after seeing my story published online on Al Jazeera. Mongolia reminded me of who I once used to be, and the life I used to have. This is a […]
Tsagaan Suvarga – limestone cliffs
July 11, 2023
We didn’t plan to arrive at sunset, but it took hours and hours to drive here off road, and in the rain. We managed to catch a rainbow and a wedding shoot! Now they are gonna have some spectacular photos. Tsagaan Suvarga – white stupa – is found in “Middle Gobi”, in Mongolia and are […]
Bayanzag – the land of dinosaurs.
July 9, 2023
Bayanzag in Gobi made me feel like I had entered an Indiana Jones movie. Another spectacular area that left me flabbergasted. The landscape is red rock, strong desert winds and a dust that hangs thick in the air. The horizon stretches forever and the cliffs blaze red in the sunlight. The canyons of Bayanzag also […]
A glacier in the desert – what the hell?!
July 9, 2023
Would you believe there is a glacier in the Mongolian Gobi? And I walked across it in crocs!! This incredible, narrow gorge that runs through Yolyn Am, known as Yol Valley, fills with glacier ice during the winter and remains into the summer months. It’s found in Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park. The drive takes […]
3000m in the Altai Mountains
July 7, 2023
I had no idea how my body would react hiking at altitude (3000m) in Mongolia now that I have blood cancer. I have scaled many summits but not since I destabilised. It was a gamble, but one I wanted to test. People who live above 2700m have higher levels of haemoglobin because the kidney is […]
White Sand Dunes
July 7, 2023
The day we drove to Khongoryn Els Sand Dunes in Gobi we got a flat tyre. Volcanic rock, harsh terrain, nothing for miles and miles and miles. The outside temperature was 39 degrees Celsius (102.2F). The car had taken a battering and we had no air con. Were we even driving in the right direction? […]
Staying in Outer Mongolia
July 3, 2023
If you can’t rough it in the rural areas, Mongolia is not for you! I have been asked by a few people, “what is the toilet situation like?”. I am not going to sugar coat it for you, going to the toilet is basically squat, sh*t and go! When I stayed in the Altai mountain, […]
The trip of a lifetime – Mongolia
July 2, 2023
Mongolia was everything I imagined it would be and so much more. A beautiful, breath-taking landscape that is so diverse it was hard to fathom that this was the same country. Nowhere else has blown my mind like this. We (me and my local guide) drove 3000km from west Mongolia, through the Altai-Gobi range into […]
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