Ulaanbaatar

This is part of the Trip Report So Long Mongolia, Hello SE Asia (December-January 2015) which covers: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Bangkok, Thailand Chiang Rai, Thailand Yangon, Myanmar Ngwe Saung, Myanmar Mandalay, Myanmar Bagan, Myanmar Hong Kong Orlando, Florida Catch up by reading the preview, The Banana Pancake Trail to...

The press in Ulaanbaatar is depressing. Once a mighty empire, the land of Genghis Khaan has become a wasteland in all senses of the word. The country is literally standing on a gold mine but...

No soup for you! Like a rerun of the Soup Nazi episode, my pho life has been on hold since moving to Ulaanbaatar. Two things are not in dispute: I am the Pho King. The pho in...

What's Ulaanbaatar weather like in the winter? Well, it's only November and the word freezing is as adequate an adjective to describe it as 'grand' is to the Grand Canyon or 'great' is to...

This is part of the Trip Report The Visa Run Keeps Running (October 2014) & So Long Mongolia, Hello SE Asia (December-January 2015).  No need for a catchy title for this post. The location, Ulaanbaatar, and my guess that...

Phở or pho (pronounced variously as /fʌ/, /fə/, /fər/, or /foʊ/ so please stop messaging me that it's not pronounced pho! I get it, we all get it but choose to remain ignorant for the...

All right, enough already, I'm sorry for being a lazy pho-ker but I promise that the Pho Sho: Top 10 Pho Worldwide will be completed by the end of time. For the angry readers, don't act like...

Picture a place where N.O.-Xplode costs $100, where rusted weights take you back to that makeshift gym in your parents' basement, and a place where the winters get so cold that your lungs freeze should you...

Along with my superficial travel insights about seeing the world on points, I do, from time to time, like to interject a post about the pulse of my surroundings. It has been a hectic past few weeks...

The burgers were fresh off the grill, the cooler was stocked with beer, and the obscure Pringle flavors were ready to be devoured. It was time for Saturday night football. The only anomaly was...