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Mike Manning’s personal site. I’m travelling the world starting August 2007.

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GoBigMike vs Gobi: A week in Mongolia

“I figured we’d survive the cold desert night with the van as shelter and our dry, warm gear. But a submerged van and wet gear out here cast that into serious doubt.”
[My pictures from Mongolia are here. Many are through the window of a wildly bouncing van.]
The platform at Ulaan Baatar was abuzz as the […]

The Slow Train Into Mongolia.

28-30 August
[My photos from the train ride are here. Most are crap, as they were shot through the dirty windows of a speeding train.]
Happily reunited with my German friends from the long ride from Moscow to Irkutsk, I was feeling good about the ride into Mongolia. Then Manfred said to me, “You have food, yes?”. […]