Qatar is probably a place we never would have visited by choice.  Ask someone to […]

“When you are staying in a ger, never go hiking at night.” Our representative in […]

Dulamsuren is the Mongolian version of Jeff’s mother.  She is constantly busy puttering around – […]

By far our favorite stop in Russia has been stunning Lake Baikal.  Sometimes you appreciate […]

Eastern Siberia alternates between taiga (Siberian wilderness) and industrial towns stuffed with heavy machinery and […]

The scene out our train window was a stark contrast to the one we’d left […]

Big.  That’s Russia in a nutshell.  Everything is bigger in mother Russia.  Stepping off the […]

Never pass up an opportunity to eat something weird when you travel. That’s my motto. […]

We wrapped up our stopover in Iceland with two absolute “must do’s”— an Icelandic pony […]

Icelanders say their country is shaped like a sheep. It takes a little bit of […]

Descend into the crater of Yocul of Sneffels, which the shade of Scartaris caresses, before […]

What can you do with 30 hours without sleep? Pack, clean house, harvest your garden […]