Back in 2022, we took a three‑month sabbatical from New Zealand to reconnect with family, explore Europe, and show our kids the places that I grew up. Finding Spino “It’s…
Torrential rain in the walled city of Xi'anIf there’s one memory we have of Xi’an, it’s RAIN.Four days of it. Non‑stop.The city was drenched, we were drenched, but the pavements…
The Train from Ulaanbaatar to Beijing Within thirty minutes of leaving Ulaanbaatar station, the scenery dissolved into pure nothingness. Not “quiet countryside” nothingness — I mean nothing. No people, no…
A brief history of Mongolia I was gutted that visa issues forced us to abandon our dream of travelling overland into Mongolia via the old Silk Road. Instead, we had to…