I have to admit, when I first arrived in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia a few weeks ago, what I encountered was far from what I expected. Honestly, I do not really know what I expected Ulaanbaatar to be like. I did not know much about the city, it’s history, or what the future held in store for […]
Author Archives: Steve Bouey
Did you Know – Symbols of Social Status
October 8, 2007 – 10:14 pm
Depending on what country or culture you live in, certain people associate certain attributes with their status in society. Symbols of one’s social status have evolved through time and are largely based upon what that society values. In a culture that values bravery, social status may be determined and identified by things such as scars […]
I’m Not Good Enough for Chinggis
October 6, 2007 – 6:04 am
Chinggis Khan (many of us in the west know him as Genghis) was pretty much a bad ass. Chinggis was a powerful and successful warlord that was not only responsible for unifying most of the Mongolian tribes, but also striking fear in the hearts and minds of his enemies… many of which commanded much larger […]
Ticket to Ride… or Run
October 5, 2007 – 5:10 am
So, after a long and seemingly endless trail of crimson, soviet-style red tape, I finally got my visa for the Russian Federation. Sometimes, I question my own sanity when I wait weeks and cough up serious dollars to spend a very limited period of time in a county. In the case of Russia, getting a […]
If It Isn’t One Thing…
October 3, 2007 – 10:35 pm
I am sure all of you are pretty sick of Steve and I telling you how crazy, bad, rough, or whatever negative adjective you choose, some of the roads are that we have encountered on the expedition. There are obviously plenty of other things to write about so this will be the last one for […]
A Few Things Actually Do Make Me Cry
October 1, 2007 – 10:03 pm
Cry? What? Most people who know me must be thinking; what is it that would lead a hardened individual, molded and forged in the fires encountered while driving a couple Toyotas around the world to be driven to tears. Well, simply put, it is the simple gestures and words of encouragement from people we meet […]
Roads? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Roads
September 30, 2007 – 10:30 pm
It has been a few days since our last blog posting, but out here in the wild, wild west, I mean east, when you drive 20 minutes outside of Ulaanbaatar, you are pretty much stepping back into the past and things like internet connections do not exist nor are they necessary. We recently got back […]
China – The Final Tally
September 23, 2007 – 3:26 am
Aside from organizing and packing about 100 pounds of carvings, textiles, Vietnamese snake wine and other various souvenirs we have acquired along our journey to ship back home, we have had a little down time and this has enabled me to calculate just how much money we spent getting our trucks into and driving them through China. The final cost of […]
Things Are Starting to Get Interesting
September 20, 2007 – 5:32 am
When we left on The World by Road seven months ago, we knew that were were going to see some eye opening things, meet some interesting people and experience a lot of things that for us at the time would seem pretty out of the ordinary. For the most part, the trip has not disappointed in this regard and […]
Did you Know? – Home Security
September 19, 2007 – 4:56 am
Here is another facet of life and the way people do things here in Asia that is kind of interesting. Just like anywhere else in the world, people want to protect their homes and businesses from intruders and install security devices to ensure that their property is safe. In the west, we might use an […]
