This past weekend I grabbed a bus out of town with a couple friends – tents, sleeping bags, and several days of food on our backs. The goal was to get off at ‘Turtle Rock’ and make it to the … Continue reading Backcountry Mongolia
While 12:00 AM, January 1, is generally referred to as the New Year, a select few celebrate a more auspicious holiday, which coincides with the cycles of the moon. Lunar New Year – or ‘Chun Jie’ in China, ‘Tsaagan Sar’ in … Continue reading Itinerary of a Sino-Mongolian Slideshow
A tradition common throughout Mongolia is for families to take a quick trip to the countryside on New Years to catch the first glimpses of sunlight that edge into the steppe landscape. With the new light comes a fresh start. … Continue reading Greeting the New Year’s First Sunrise in Mongolia
Every so often a foreigner will pass through the tiny border town of Zamiin Uud, located along the southeast corner of Mongolia on the pretense of what many refer to as a “visa run” – a literal sprint to the … Continue reading Zamiin Uud – A Dusty Border Town
The Mongolian Grill. Anyone want some Bali Hai? Let me establish right now, this is not Mongolian food. It’s quite easy to generalize Asia as the place for budget foodies — at least I’ve always felt that there was some level of … Continue reading Ulaanbeats: Fortune Cookies Favor the Bold
Nathan T. Hsieh is a recent graduate of Duke University, where he studied Mathematics and minored Religion. Having been born and raised in the savory South, Nathan chose to shake things up and move to the coldest capital in the … Continue reading Nathan T. Hsieh
