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About a month before we packed up our lovely little apartment in Cary, NC and headed out on this great adventure, we met a fellow resident named Vilma at the annual Christmas social. We’d all lived in the apartment community … Read More

Originally, we had planned to travel from Moscow to Istanbul, then work our way north and west as we explored eastern Europe. Unfortunately, a failed military coup and resulting formal declaration of a state of emergency left the country unstable … Read More

The penny enjoyed the lovely scenery in central Mongolia… … before hopping on the intercontinental Trans-Siberian Railway for an epic 4,800-mile journey across southern Russia. After arriving in Moscow, the penny found a perfect spot to sit and admire the … Read More

We pulled into the Moscow train station and set off towards the station entrance with our new Finnish friends. We chatted and walked in the bright sunshine when suddenly, the daughter interjected, “did that say Stone?” I wheeled around and … Read More

WHAT WE DID: Rode the Trans-Siberian railway from Beijing, China to Moscow, Russia: 1 night on Trans-Mongolian line (Beijing to Ulaanbaatar, Chinese train) 6 nights in Central Mongolia 4 nights on Trans-Siberian line (Ulaanbaatar to Moscow, Russian train)   WHAT … Read More

While I was excited to head off on our epic train journey, I don’t think either one of us was pleased to leave Mongolia. Still, the train tickets could not be changed, so we resigned ourselves to departing and made … Read More

As our three months in Asia nears a close, it seems it’s about time for another behind the scenes peek at life on the road. 49 blogs and 6 countries later, the second leg of our trip is about in … Read More

WHAT WE DID: Spent 4 nights in ger camps in central Mongolia + 2 nights in a guesthouse in Ulaanbaatar (tour booked with Monkey Shrine as part of our Trans-Siberian railway package)   WHAT WE LIKED: EVERYTHING! Mongolia is a … Read More

I have to admit, Mongolia had never really been a destination on my radar. It wasn’t a place I was actively avoiding; rather I’d never read about it as a travel destination, and therefore really knew nothing about it. When … Read More

One of the things I had on my list for this trip was to take the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest rail journey in the world. Begun in 1890, the rail line was designed to serve cities throughout Siberia that were … Read More