Sunrise at Moltsog Els Ger Camp On the previous night, we had stayed up late to admire the Milky Way and capture some amateur shots of the night sky. Surprisingly, I woke up before 6 am the next morning. It was beautiful to see the sun rise beyond the horizon and light everything around it.…
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On any trip, we prefer doing the planning and travelling on our own. My first instinct was to figure out a way to do that in Mongolia. I don’t think it’s impossible. But you’d need to have more time, chalk out a solid itinerary, be very brave, trust your instincts, and prepare to rough it.…
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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke Our planet, as we know it, is home to nearly 7.6 billion people. And that’s only the number for humans. There are many more forms of life, what we may know about or not, living…
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Mongolia’s national airline, MIAT Mongolian Airlines, connects Seoul to Ulaanbataar in 3 hours. However, bad weather and turbulence can cause frequent flight delays or a longer flight duration. We reached Ulaanbaatar rather late on a wet Saturday evening. We took a cab and reached the heart of the city in about 30 minutes. Outside…
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As travellers, you can be who you choose to be. It’s your moment to don the cape, forget the laundry or bills, and give life to make-believe stories. You can lead many lives, live many stories, and write many truths. After all, we’re all pedestrians walking on a nameless street — hoping to find something…
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Getting Around When you’re travelling in Saigon or Hanoi, you’d be constantly reminded, by well-meaning hotel staff, to take care of your backpacks and avoid flashing mobile phones or fancy digital cameras. It can make you more cautious than necessary. Honestly, I think the rules of travel are applicable anywhere in the world. As a…
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“The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.” ― Woody Allen Last August, a month after we moved to Seoul, I crumbled into pressure, and reluctantly gave up my reclusive ways for cultural classes at the local centre for expats and tourists. I dabbled in…
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Is Ha Long Bay overrated? That’s the question we needed to answer before including Hanoi in our Vietnam trip. After some preliminary reading, I realised: there’d be no way we’d escape taking a tour or crowds. But all the reviews said it was definitely worth it. And I’d second that. Ha Long Bay doesn’t disappoint…
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What are dreams made of? They’re made of disappointment, dejection, stupidity, patience, hope, and courage. And yet, we never seem to learn, and continue to dream. Sometimes with our eyes shut and sometimes — wide open. Two weeks back, we visited Mongolia: the land of the blue sky. Here’s a first look of what a…
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After a whirlwind 3-day trip in Ho Chi Mihn City (Saigon); we hopped on a plane and head to the north of Vietnam. It takes about two hours to get to Vietnam’s capital city, Hanoi, from Ho Chi Mihn City. If you’re on a packed schedule, consider half a day wasted on airport transfers and…
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