It has been several weeks since we were in China, land of deadened skies. It has been thusly named in contrast to the slogan of the place from which we come. Saskatchewan – Land of Living Skies. In China, we never once saw the sun. Our photos are witness to the fact that the sky [...]
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Thinking Back on China
August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments
Went to the country, ate a lot of mutton
August 12th, 2010 · No Comments
So earlier this week, we were scheduled to go visit some projects run by an NGO called FARM. We were to be guests of the Executive Director, a Mongolian Brad has met earlier, and all five of us were going. His vehicle couldn’t fit us all, so he arranged a mini-van. I agreed to pay [...]
Jackie Chan in Ulaanbaatar
July 31st, 2010 · No Comments
There will be travelogues of our time in China and our train trip to Mongolia soon, but those take a lot of work and a bunch of photo optimization. So for the time being, you’ll have to be satisfied with the news that we went to Karate Kid 2 today at the Urgoo Cinema. English [...]
Beijing 2
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Internet continues to be a challenge, and when it is not, the heat and humidity tend to suck every bit of moisture, writing ambition, and coherent thought out of one’s mind. This tends to lead to a shortage of blog entries. We feel like we barely survived our overnight on the Great Wall, which, when accompanied [...]
In Beijing
July 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments
Well, we made it to Beijing, along with all our luggage. Connecting to Twitter and Facebook is a challenge here due to certain Internet restrictions, so those updates will come later. 42 degrees with the humidex today – we guzzled water like there was no tomorrow, and our need of the facilities was not affected. [...]
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Countdown to Mongolia
July 12th, 2010 · No Comments
We are T minus 8 days to departure for Mongolia. I think there’s not much left to do but pack and leave, except for all the other things that need doing. And the trouble with having someone housesit for you is that you have to leave the place clean when you leave. That’s way more [...]
Mongolia update
June 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments
We are now about a month away from departure for Mongolia. Things are coming together nicely. We have plane tickets, train tickets, Mongolian visas, and we’ve looked at Ulaan Baatar on GoogleEarth. That should about do it, besides the extra large bottle of Imodium we need to pick up. Actually, we still need visas for our 5 [...]
