by Susie | Oct 31, 2013 | China, Highs and Lows, Mongolia, Singapore
Our first month on the road included three weeks in Mongolia and just 60 hours in China (to take advantage of the free transit permit) before heading to visit our friends in Singapore. Travel, especially long term travel on a budget, isn’t all rainbows and...
by Susie | Oct 16, 2013 | Gobi Desert, Mongolia
We had barely been in Ulaanbaatar (UB) for 12 hours when we sat down to breakfast with three ladies that said they were going on a Gobi Desert tour that day. They tried to convince us to go with them – the price of the tour is dependent on how many people go,...
by Susie | Oct 14, 2013 | Destination Guide, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
If you want to see Mongolia, you are almost guaranteed to spend some time in Ulaanbaatar (UB). The capital city is the major hub for the entire country in every way – political, healthcare, education, logistics, transportation, and so on. Most tours to the...
by Susie | Oct 12, 2013 | Mongolia, Transportation
We decided to go to Northern Mongolia through an organization called Ger to Ger, which aims to connect travelers with local nomadic families. In an effort to give us the real local flavor, Ger to Ger makes you take an overnight bus to get up to the main city in the...
by Susie | Oct 10, 2013 | Food, Mongolia
Mongolia is not known to be a culinary capital of the world. Spoiler Alert – BD’s Mongolian BBQ chain restaurant in the States is NOT real Mongolian food. Ironically, there is one in Ulaanbaatar right above a bar named Detroit. Our expectations of what we...
by Susie | Oct 10, 2013 | Mongolia, People
Our favorite thing about Mongolia was the people we met. There are plenty of travelers that make their way through Mongolia, but the wonderful thing is that it doesn’t feel touristy. Mongolia is not really on many people’s radars and we found that...
I am an avid world traveler who is constantly plotting out my next adventure to somewhere new. Lucky for me, my husband Jan, happily goes along with my ideas like taking a career break for a year to travel. We ended up exploring all 7 continents on that trip. Now that we are back home in Chicago, I want to use my expertise to help YOU achieve YOUR travel dreams!