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Terelj Park Mongolia – Photo of the Week
Blog: Ottsworld - 3 February 2012
One of the best things about doing a Ger to Ger trip in Mongolia is that you get full access to the families and the culture. You learn, you communicate, your spread knowledge and understanding. I have another ulterior motive though – staying with families in their gers give you great access for photography. The [...]
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Authentic Cultural Travel in Mongolia – Ger to Ger
Blog: Ottsworld - 2 February 2012
The bus bounced along on the road north and for the first time in 5 weeks I just sat back, relaxed and didn’t have to worry about directions, breakdowns, or deal with the nagging internal question of “Will we make it?” The road was bumpy and slow-going, but in Mongolian standards this road was perfection. [...]
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Ulaanbaatar Mongolia 2.0
Blog: Ottsworld - 31 January 2012
I instinctively made it to the office building; it had been two years since I was there and even though the buildings around it had changed, the Ger to Ger office building stood out to me teasing my memory and providing me flashes of deja vu. I remembered the stairs, the odd sculpture outside the [...]
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Adventure Travel Wrap Up – A Look Back on 2011
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 December 2011
As I sit down to write this 2011 Adventure Travel Round up, I am in shock and awe that we really did all these things in a span of 365 days. We just lived a year of adventure travel that I never thought I would have the opportunity to ever do in my life
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Picture Perfect Portraits: Children of the World
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 20 November 2011
Picture perfect portraits tell so much about the subject. When we travel, we meet so many sweet and curious children around the world that absolutely love having their photos taken.
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Changing Tires, The Contrasts of Canada vs Mongolia
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 15 November 2011
I learned to change a tire during the Mongol Rally. I hadn't changed one before and even though Dave changed all the tires during the drive to Mongolia, I am confident that on our next road trip, I will be the one changing our tires on the car.
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What’s it all for?
Blog: Ottsworld - 11 October 2011
As much as participating in the Mongol Rally was to satiate my need for adventure and something different – it had another purpose…a big purpose. It was for this…. For Them… These are some of the children who live at the Christina Nobel Foundation Blue Skies Ger Village in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It serves as a [...]
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What Happens to the Car?
Blog: Ottsworld - 10 October 2011
The most frequent question I get asked is “How did you get along with your teammates?”…which I will answer in a later blog post…have patience! But the 2nd question is always, “What did you do with the car?” That is the beauty of the Mongol Rally – the car is used to raise more money [...]
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Genghis Khan still Imposing in Death
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 October 2011
The reminders of the once great leader Genghis Khan (or Chinggis Khaan as he is referred to in Mongolia) are everywhere. From the center of Ulaan Baatar to the remains of his great wall to the east. But none are as impressive as this equestrian statue that lies 54km outside of the capital city.
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Christina Noble Foundation: Making A Difference in Mongolia
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 6 October 2011
The Mongol Rally was a great adventure driving a third of the way around the world and we had an amazing time. But something that made it even more fulfilling was the fact that we were helping out a great cause. For Charity The Christina Noble Foundation is a project in Ulaanbaatar that helps homeless [...]
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Mongolian Gers – Photo of the Week
Blog: Ottsworld - 30 September 2011
What’s a ger? I get asked this question often. Here’s your answer in pictures! And that, my dear readers, is what a ger is all about! Would you like to stay in a ger someday?
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18 The Mongol Rally with Sherry Ott and the Social Media Syndicate – Podcast
Blog: Heather on her travels - 26 September 2011
In Episode 18 in my travel podcast series, I talk to Sherry Ott about the Mongol Rally and her adventures driving from London to Mongolia with three other travel bloggers. I met Sherry, who blogs at Ottsworld, in London just as their Social Media Syndicate (with Deb and Dave from ThePlanetD and Rick from Midlife [...]
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Ulaanbaatar in our Sights
Blog: Ottsworld - 26 September 2011
I woke up giddy, excited, anxious, and a bit sad. This was it – our last day of the Mongol Rally. It started exactly 5 weeks earlier on a Saturday in London. Now here we were 300 km from Ulaanbaatar Mongolia’s finish line. The day started like any other; local visitors bringing gifts of food [...]
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Mongolian Cloudscapes – Photography
Blog: Ottsworld - 23 September 2011
I believe that there is something very special about the Mongolian skies. Out of all of the countries I’ve been to, the skies in Mongolia are the most memorable. They are vast. They are the most perfect color blue. Even when they get angry and dark, they are perfection. They make me feel small. And [...]
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Shocking Tarmac – Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 22 September 2011
“What’s that smell?” asked Deb. “I don’t know, but I smell it too.” said Dave. “I don’t smell a thing.” I said from the back seat. We stopped to investigate under the car and the hood. We had already had a tire repaired again today in a little ger truck stop…but now we had only [...]
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Forget Hotels, We’re Doing Apartments
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 22 September 2011
Before this summer, we had never considered staying in a vacation apartment rental. However we had the opportunity several times during the Mongol Rally thanks to roomorama.
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Tips for Driving From England to Mongolia for Anyone
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 20 September 2011
Having just travelled nearly 10,000 miles by car from London, England to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia we are hooked on driving adventures. The Mongol Rally was a blast especially once we entered countries like Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
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Desert Illusions – Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 19 September 2011
We slowly moved deeper into Mongolia where the foreign landscapes, people, and towns started to become normal to me. We were moving from western Mongolia into Central Mongolia and the Gobi Desert; from Altai to Bayankhongor. The landscapes changed dramatically as we left the Altai mountains and hills behind and had nothing but perfectly flat [...]
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Make 2012 Your Year for Adventure
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 19 September 2011
The Mongol Rally may be over for our teams The Social Media Syndicate, but it is just beginning for the people that are signing up for 2012!
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Driving in Mongolia
Blog: Ottsworld - 15 September 2011
We get in the car, adjust the seat so that the pedal distance is just right, buckle up, and put two quarters in the slot. I choose 3 players, level of difficulty, my route, start the engine, hear the rumble of a muffler-less rally car, and I’m off…as if I’m in a video game. Driving [...]
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American Express Kindly, Accepted in Central Asia
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 14 September 2011
This summer we were approached by American Express Canada to test drive their new American Express Gold Rewards Card and after using it for the past few months, we're big fans.
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Timberland’s Horqin Reforestation Project Inner Mongolia 2011
Blog: Malaysia Asia - 13 September 2011
Timberland’s Horqin Reforestation Project Inner Mongolia 2011 This article was written by - Lilian Chua “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” Martin Luther King Thanks to Timberland Malaysia, I had the great opportunity to join in their yearly Horqin Reforestation Project in Inner Mongolia.
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Mongolian Hospitality – Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 13 September 2011
Once the sun came up they started appearing. They were just puffs of dust off in the distance and as they got closer you could see 3 or 4 people squeezed on the motorcycle. They were curious about what 2 little tents and a car were doing in their flat rocky landscape they call home. [...]
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Mongol Rally, We Made it!
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 13 September 2011
Who would have thought that a chance meeting in New York would lead us to this day? It seemed like a good idea at the time. Two well known blogs come together for a media blitz where we drive a car to Mongolia in the Mongol Rally all for charity.
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Sink or Float – Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 12 September 2011
When I was a kid I used to have this thing called a ‘bubble’; it was made of Styrofoam in the shape of an oval about a foot long. It was used for swimming…actually it kept me from sinking. The bubble was strapped around my waste and basically kept me afloat in the pool. I [...]
