Great Wall sleepover and Mongolia Trip Report
Oct 25th, 2006, 06:15 PM
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Thanks for all the encouraging words!
In Beijing during the summer it was incredibly hot and humid, close to 100 F.
In Mongolia it into the upper 80s F and down to the upper 50s. Sometimes there was whipping wind.
My favorite book was Stanley Stewart's <u>In the Empire of Genghis Khan: A journey among nomads.</u>
In Beijing during the summer it was incredibly hot and humid, close to 100 F.
In Mongolia it into the upper 80s F and down to the upper 50s. Sometimes there was whipping wind.
My favorite book was Stanley Stewart's <u>In the Empire of Genghis Khan: A journey among nomads.</u>
Feb 28th, 2007, 07:46 PM
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wow a travel lynn!
Congratulations on a spectacular trip! Holy cow!
I want to sleep on the wall!! (Actually, I want to do everything!)
Do you speak Chinese or Mongolian? Did you have a travel partner or crew? Were you ever scared or did things flow pretty much for you?
I loved the pictures, thank you for the reply!
Congratulations on a spectacular trip! Holy cow!
I want to sleep on the wall!! (Actually, I want to do everything!)
Do you speak Chinese or Mongolian? Did you have a travel partner or crew? Were you ever scared or did things flow pretty much for you?
I loved the pictures, thank you for the reply!
Mar 1st, 2007, 07:28 AM
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Why thank you Valerie! What a dilemma we have wanting to go everywhere. Then I also suffer from wanting to go back.
"Do you speak Chinese or Mongolian?"
Mandarin Vocab = hello, thank you, beer (I don't even like beer), and panda.
Mongolian Vocab = hello, goodbye, thank you, good, aruk (fermented mare's milk, which I like less than beer), beautiful, baby, beautiful baby, horse, wild horse, cow, yak, camel, goat, sheep, the word for giddyup when used for a horse, a yak, and a camel.
With that limited of a vocabulary I needed a guide. I joined a group for parts of the trip too.
Nothing was ever scary or frightening, except for about 10 minutes when I temporarily misplaced all my camera gear.
Things always flowed. In Mongolia they did not necessarily flow at the pace or in the direction I had anticipated. But that's part of the charm of the place. Everything went well enough that I returned in June 2006 to volunteer at a panda sanctuary in China (where I learned the word xiong mao for panda).
I am hoping to return to Mongolia in a couple of years and will need to brush up on my limited vocabulary, much of which I've forgotten. Choo is the word to make the horse go faster but I probably won't be doing much riding next time so that word won't be used all that much.
I went with this company for both trips.
www.mongolglobaltours.com
Happy travels to you and thanks, Valerie, for checking out my report.
"Do you speak Chinese or Mongolian?"
Mandarin Vocab = hello, thank you, beer (I don't even like beer), and panda.
Mongolian Vocab = hello, goodbye, thank you, good, aruk (fermented mare's milk, which I like less than beer), beautiful, baby, beautiful baby, horse, wild horse, cow, yak, camel, goat, sheep, the word for giddyup when used for a horse, a yak, and a camel.
With that limited of a vocabulary I needed a guide. I joined a group for parts of the trip too.
Nothing was ever scary or frightening, except for about 10 minutes when I temporarily misplaced all my camera gear.
Things always flowed. In Mongolia they did not necessarily flow at the pace or in the direction I had anticipated. But that's part of the charm of the place. Everything went well enough that I returned in June 2006 to volunteer at a panda sanctuary in China (where I learned the word xiong mao for panda).
I am hoping to return to Mongolia in a couple of years and will need to brush up on my limited vocabulary, much of which I've forgotten. Choo is the word to make the horse go faster but I probably won't be doing much riding next time so that word won't be used all that much.
I went with this company for both trips.
www.mongolglobaltours.com
Happy travels to you and thanks, Valerie, for checking out my report.
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