We have now new phone number +420 603956559. It's for SMS only. We look forward to hearing from you! Currenly in Almaty, Kazachstan enjoying ourselves. Our activities are limited to eating, shopping for food, cooking or sleeping :-) Finally feels like holiday.
A short summary of our comments & observations on Mongolia: 1. Mongolians like carbohydrates – fried meet with potatoes with a side dish of rice and pasta (and possibly barley on top) – all at once, was our common meal. 2. Don’t come to Mongolia if you don’t like milk products R ...
We have arrived last night safely to Olgi. The hike was fantastic, but very challenging. Wait till you see the photos! Unfortunatelly, we have lost our mobile phone, so you cannot contact us for now. We should be flying today to Almaty, Kazachstan, so will sort out our new connection there. Full update on our las ...
Altai Mountains Trek The last adventure in Mongolia before flying to our next destination, Kazahkstan, was one of the absolute highlights, not only of Mongolia, but especially for me (Michael), of my limited hiking life. In a summary of hiking vernacular, we trampled our way with full 20kg backpacks (each) over 7 ...
Arrived to Olgi last evening. Arranged for trip to west where we will hike between the snow peaks. Leaving today, return on 26th. In between no phone access.
This place deserves a short note. Michael and I have agreed that this is our most favorite town from all Mongolia. Why? It had very civilized feel. Great market. It even had something that felt like CBD (an area full of banks). Our favorite was the free walking cows on the streets :-) But what completely won us o ...
the photos of the ring :-) (with special regards to Lynn & Dion)
Learnt a very good lesson on our trip further west towards next destination, Khovd, that being in Mongolia, they must have had only a few names to choose from for towns, as for each town, there are several other like named towns in different aimags (regions). So, as we had a painful 3 hour wait for transport on t ...
What a day! We climbed the Sutay uul mountain (4090m) and ended up about 50m below the top because of too much snow. And there, amongst the falling snow flakes, Michael has asked me to marry him. And i said yes. The diamond ring is just beautiful! 10 mins after we left the mountain, heavy rain&snow came.
Hitched to Darvi on the way to Khovd but by mistake ended up in a different Darvi (N46 27.781', E94 06.019') after 7 hrs of drive. Now heading to Sutay uul.
Our daily frustrations with transport continued as we went in search of a ride, south east to a small town called Biger, 110km into desert territory, but not the Sahara image we may have had. Getting a car in Mongolia is almost an industry in itself. Cars, or ‘machines’ as they call them are rare, so if anyone ...
Awakening to a blistery cold day in Tariat, our plan to hitch a ride to Uliastai, being 400km away, started with a long hike with the ridiculously heavy backpacks, to a point outside the village where cars would hopefully take pity on us. Within a few moments, we had been packed like sardines in a matchbox, into a v ...
Travelled 400km from lake to Uliastay (N47 44.538', E96 50.298') on a painful 17 hour van trip. Now leaving for Altai, hitching in rain waiting for a ride.
(N 48 09.426’, E 99 53.032’) In Moron we left our driver and chef and together with our guide Yono, who happened to be going our direction (south) we hopped on a shared jeep to Galt. Another new experience! Russian jeep which is supposed to fit in 5 people (including driver) and fair amount of luggage. However, our ...
(N 51 44.811’,E 99 18.078’) Our 2 week horse trek into the Northern most area of Mongolia was one filled with the full spectrum of adventures, from challenging terrain, to falling off horses, to aching muscles and sickness, but also to wonderment, exhilaration and the making of new friends. Flying into Moron we h ...
Bumpy car trip from moron south to galt N48 46.003', E99 52.580' now trekking south towards techin lake via hot springs, which we should reach in a few days.
Survived adventure to the reindeer people after some tough riding. Fantastic experience and sad to leave our 2 horse men. In car heading back to moron.
Just hit northern most mongolian town, Tsaganuur (N51 21.748', E99 20.809') Everyone in good spirits. On way to the long lost reindeer people. Fish caught - 0.
4th day of our horse riding adventure. Battered and bruced. Riding 8hrs a day, trotting half of it. Today whole day raining and still riding. Now sitting in ger
5 days of horse riding on the grassy steppes, hillsides and along rivers, milking cows, resting in our Ger in the midday heat, eating lashings of food, while under the host of a crazy, westerner cowboy, is the briefest of snapshots from what was a magnificent introduction into true Mongolian life. Anak Ranc ...
The trip out to the Terelj National Park is a good 90 minutes, pending and stray goats or cows on the road. The park is very majestic, spotted with stony mountains, endless rolling grassy plains (steppe), and several Ger camps in perfect formations. Our camp was at the base of hill making a nice amphitheatre effe ...
The last two days were in spirit of the largest and most important sporting festival of Mongolia - the Naadaam festival. This is the time and place where the best wrestlers, archers and horses compete. It was fantastic. Big opening ceremony with different groups and shows, including opening speech of the Mongolian pr ...
I know that many of you didn't believe that we would actually do it! But we did, we shaved our heads today. I attach couple of photos and a video as a proof :-) The new haircut feels great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSqNVOP59WE&feature=youtube_gdata
We have couple of days in Ulanbaatar behind us. And we are not impressed. It reminds me of the Czech towns 25 years ago. However, we saw beautiful temple with massive golden Budha - this was very impressive. We have also visited the central market which is a place where you can get absolutely everything. The local ...
This is our mobile number here in Mongolia. Drop us a message sometime: +97695054654
Well, our first official post since leaving the confines of Vietnam, all be it with a final bribe to the customs officer so that he would accept my (michael's) visa in old passport... Would you believe the first one since being in Vietnam... I feel cleansed.. The week leading up to departure was nothing but chaos, ...
Realizing that Fluffy has caused quite a stir on the international network, I thought it best to reveal in some manner, who or what Fluffy is... The little fluffy lamb you see in the pics is Fluffy, better known as 'the little shyster' for his insatiable appetite for getting in trouble wherever we travel, he has be ...
Selling off unwanted (or in some cases, very much wanted) things, not the least my BBQ. Many a snag and decent side of cow has been seared on this thing, and yes, total tong control was maintained..
This is our big Asia adventure tour before leaving Asia. The plan that is still under reconstruction you can see on the map. But includes horse riding in Mongolia, amazing architecture of Uzbekistan, hiking in Nepal and Yunnan and travelling through Vietnam, which was our home to us for the last 1.5 years.
If you would like to join us on any parts of the trip (dates are specified if you click on the destination), just drop us an email on tochackova@hotmail.com.