22nd June 2014          14-27’C         360km Ulaanbaatar – Karakorum I left the Amarbayasgalant Hotel early this morning, after 11 nights, the longest time I’ve...

21st June 2014     12-21’C       110km Ulaanbaatar – Chinggis Khan Statue – Ulaanbaatar I decided to have a short ride today, a warm up, since I had...

19-20th June 2014 Gachuurt, Ulanbaatar The weather turned a little foul today, with rain almost all day, turning the ground to a muddy mess and boxing the children up inside.  Table...

I spent most of the day today in the kitchen, chopping cabbages, garlic, carrots, capsicum and a big piece of beef that I didn’t recognise. The volume of food that eighty...

Today was spent repairing the kids outdoor play equipment, with lots of little helpers swinging hammers, sawing bits of wood and having fun whacking nails and screws into anything they could...

13th June 2014             0km by bike Lotus Children’s Centre – Gachuurt I spent the day working at Lotus Children’s Centre today.  The Children’s centre is...

12th June 2014          0km Ulaanbaatar The morning was spent at the Kazakhstan embassy, applying for the Kazakh visa.  I had overlooked that the embassy might want copies of both...

11th June 2014        12-31’C      366km (100km off-road) Ikh Gazriin Chuluu – Ulaanbaatar I woke at 4:45am when the sound of chirping birds stirred me from my...

10th June 2014      12-24’C     327km (130km off road) Sainshand – Ikh Gazriin Chuluu – N45°45.512 E107°15.308 It was a beautifully cool morning as I headed out from Sainshand towards...