Chapter 8 – Khovd, Mongolia
Almost a week has passed since we set our camp in Bayankhongor. Each day here brings new surprising events and most...
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Between the Worlds
A man, huddled on a low stool, rhythmically beats a large leather drum. A thick, richly decorated coat flows down...
Chapter 7 – Bayankhongor, Mongolia
After a rally crossing over the river in the Khujirt Valley, we finally drive onto a ribbon of asphalt. Initially,...
The Spirit of Buryatia
“Is this your machine?” asks a young policeman, showing a picture of our ambulance on his phone. “Ours”, we...
Chapter 6 – Karakorum, Mongolia
We are waiting in the queue for tickets to the Buddhist temple of Erdene Zuu. Among the number of locals, we are...
The Two Temples of Posolskoye
On a hill covered by a green carpet of grassland, stand white walls of the Orthodox cathedral. Metallic sounds of a...
Chapter 5 – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Russia-Mongolia border crossing. In the chaos, a mass of bodies waves their passports feverishly and presses us to...
Mongolia – Intimate Conversations of Foreign Souls
A heart the size of a fist and a white sponge of lungs. A bloody liver lies beside a large stomach. Next to it,...
Chapter 4 – Buryatia, Russia
With new tyres and in the fixed homebulance we reach Irkutsk. In the capital of eastern Siberia, we spent only a...