TWM I wonder what I’d be doing if I weren’t on this trip. I’m fairly I wouldn’t be writing this, watching the Polish countryside on a sleeper from Moscow to Cologne. Whatever I’d be doing, it certainly wouldn’t have …
Tag Archive: Mongolia
Sep
27
The Palace of Bogd Khan
My first experience of the palace of Bogd Khan was stepping off the bus and seeing a small but beautiful building which immediately gained my respect. There was a ticket booth in the corner and while Chimgee, our Mongolian friend …
Sep
25
Anna’s account of life in a ger
We got up at 4am, and were ready and waiting outside in the cold by 5am for our minibus. We were setting off for Bulgan, approximately 500km north of Ulaan Baatar, into the countryside to meet with a school …
Sep
24
350 day of action
Campaigners all over the world took part in the moving planet campaign on September 24th. Here are our project Mongolia volunteers showing how to move in style! And our friends from Greenbell filling up Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaan Baatar:
Sep
20
Up to our knees in jeans
It was our very last day in U.B and we all got up early, despite having such a late night, to do some last minute shopping and packing. We had until half past twelve before our mini bus came …
Sep
20
Gers in Gachurt
After meeting with the Mongolian Environment Ministers in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, we had a 2 hr journey to another family situated in Gachurt. This time I kept my window shut and opted for a front seat in …
Sep
15
Workshops ‘r’ us
It is to our credit that we have been so lax in producing wonderful blogs for you this last week would you believe! We have been on a whirlwind of workshops in and out of UB, and experiencing Mongolian nomadic …
Sep
13
Pictures of Project Mongolia
Follow this link to see pictures of the trip on facebook - and the second album is here.Remember to “like” dyfodol at facebook.com/dyfodol while you’re there.
Sep
12
Climate change in Mongolia – a scientist’s view
Learning about climate change in Mongolia is a big part of this project: listening to people’s stories here but also getting to grips with some of the science behind what is happening. So although it was less youthful and funky …
Sep
11
Stopping sand and other Mongolian adventures
So I went to a conference in Mongolia, same format as other international conferences, except you get served sliced cow tongue for lunch. India, Turkey, Korea, Kazakhstan, a few other ‘Stans and reps from embassies in Mongolia gathered together to …