It was bound to happen. We knew in the planning phases of this expedition that even though you can minimize your exposure to theft, you can never fully protect yourself from it. We expected that we would become victims of theft at some point on the expedition, but it still does not make it any […]
Category Archives: Trip Thoughts
Anomalty
October 23, 2007 – 2:16 am
Having watched the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, I could not help but develop some preconceived notions of what Kazakhstan would be like, even though I knew the movie was fictitious and filmed entirely outside of Kazakhstan. My preconceived notions of Kazakhstan and its largest city, Almaty, […]
Basho Knew What He Was Talking About
October 22, 2007 – 2:28 am
Over the course of our expedition, we have received a lot of advice from many different people. On top of getting information about the country we are in or about a country we are traveling to in the future from locals, ex-pats, aid organizations staff and government workers, there is a plethora of information available […]
Ha Ha Ha, even the roads are hard for us.
October 10, 2007 – 10:29 am
This blog has posted today, but was written nearly a week ago:) Tonight we ate our final dinner in Ulaanbaatar before we head west through Mongolia to Russia tomorrow morning. Chinzorig of Drive Mongolia and his wife joined us and we discussed the best routes to take west. No matter who you talk to, Mongolian […]
"Boom-baatar"
October 9, 2007 – 10:40 pm
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Did You Know? – Road Hazards
September 12, 2007 – 4:57 am
It has been quite a while since we put one of these up and I know I said we were going to try an do it once per week, but hey, right now it is just Steve and I and we are driving, filming, taking photos, researching stories, gettin gall of the necessary paperwork done, trying […]
Goodbye Old Friend
September 6, 2007 – 8:42 am
In Jinghong, China, about 200 miles north of the border with Laos, we said goodbye to an old friend. This friend has been a part of the expedition for the last several months and a familiar sight for the last four countries we have traveled through. Unfortunately, the expedition has to move on and our […]
