A week in the Gobi desert

As my colleagues went out of office for a week, an opportunity to travel Mongolia more thoroughly presented itself to me. Seeing the Gobi desert before my internship would end was on my bucket list of things to do. Thus, when I got the chance, I obviously took it with both hands! Of course, traveling…

The palace of Mongolia’s last king

It was a sunny Sunday (what’s in a name), and I decided that I wanted to visit a buddhist temple. The day before I had already visited the National History Museum, so some “spiritual leisure time” seemed a good option for spending my second free day. However, the temple that I wanted to visit, the…

Ger nights, better days

When foreigners think about Mongolia, probably one of the first things that comes to their minds is the traditional tent, the ger. It is true that a lot of people still live in these traditional tents, even in the capital Ulaanbaatar. Since the ger is so associated with Mongolia, there are many opportunities for tourists…