We left off after a 250km drive from the capital Ulaanbaatar deep into central Mongolia. We pick up the story on the outskirts of Khogno Khan National Park after spending the night with a local nomad family in our own ger. Catch-up with part 1 here!   Day 3   Up bright and early, with a busy day ahead. We bid farewell to our accommodating nomad family and headed to what was referred as “the mini Gobi” at Khogno Khan National Park. Sadly visiting the real deal wasn’t really an option. It simply would have taken too much time, but as the name suggests, it would do. We made our…

I’ve racked up a fair number of countries on the list, most of which were along the tried and tested beaten tracks of endlessly reliable streams of tourists. Not often have I stepped too far off the trail, or travelled to a country which produces a quizzical look from people. With my time in Beijing quickly coming to an end, a week-long national holiday, AND my visa soon running out, it was the perfect storm for one last get-away. But where to go? South Korea was done. Do I go back to Thailand or Hong Kong? How about the Philippines? In the end all these paled in comparison to the…