beijing and beyond

Beijing Subway

 

Exerts from a typically poorly translated menu. My personal favorites are the dishes "North Korea is Grim" and "Old Beijing Explodes the Stomach" the latter of which holds a degree of literal truth.

Tiger paws for sale on the streets of Beijing

No longer Ulaanbaatar Bound or even in Mongolia, but as I have been in China for the past month (This blog site is prohibited)  here is a post due post of a trip to the West of Mongolia, home of the Kazaks.

Bayn Olgi, Mongolia

Mongolia's highest mountains, Tavan Bogd.

My Trustee travel buddy, Caitlin, feeling bleary during our 40 hour return bus ride to UB.

The highest peak of the range, huiten uul (cold mountain), in the background