Eco Nature Travel

Cashmere? It sounded like the name of a place near India or Pakistan – Kashmir. There are many cashmere garments are sold in the shopping centers around Mongolia. I then thought that cashmere may be one of the local production. I was shocked when i first looked at price tag of those garments. It is [...]

“Shine Oni Mend Hurgii” – (sounds: Shin Oni Mend Hurgel)- That’s the Mongolian way of saying Happy New Year! How do people celebrate the New year on 1st of January. Mongolians treat this as a family event. They will welcome the New Year with family members. Having dinner with family, then went out with friends. [...]

Christmas is a working day in Mongolia.  As a malaysian, we do celebrate Christmas in Malaysia with our fellow Christian friends. All shopping centers and pubs/restaurants are full of christmas decoration. It is lively and happening in Malaysia. Do Mongolians celebrate Christmas? Traditionally, they don’t but u can see many people selling christmas trees and [...]

A a warm and holy place which support the ger district community..This chapel is under the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Theresa’s Sisters). It is about x km from UB. Before u reached this place, u can see many gers and houses built along the mountains all around..During winter, this area is worst. It will be [...]

Technorati Tags: khovsgol,mongolia,eco travel,eco tourism It was snowing when we left Huvsgul, we can see that some of the peak of the mountains were covered with snow. It was amazing..The road is bumpy and the road is not paved. No toilet or rest house. Thus, if u got want to go to toilet in case [...]

Technorati Tags: ger,huvsgul/khovsgol lake,social nature travel,eco tourism,eco travel We were staying in a ger camp along Khovsgol lake. I considered the camp stay as a nature living. Why? It has a toilet but no hot water in such cold & unpredictable environment.  You may experience rainy, snowy , windy, ice drop weather in a day. [...]

Technorati Tags: huvsgul,khovsgol,boating,mongolia,eco travel,eco tourism,social nature travel What is so special about a boat ride in Khovsgol lake? The crystal clear  & fresh water, the mountains, the lake, the weather and the surroundings…it’s awesome! All of us was so tired after the horse ride, took a rest and had our dinner and back to the [...]

Well, the weather was not that promising for us as it is rainy season..Somehow, the god helped us someway…hehehe.. After took some nice pictures up the hilltop, we took a rest while waiting for the camp owner to arrange the horse ride. I then walked along the lake alone for a short while..I heard some [...]

Technorati Tags: huvsgul lake,khovsgol,horse riding,mongolia,eco tourism,eco travel,social nature travel Horseriding along Khovsgol (Huvsgul) lake is so fun! Can u imagine we rode for 3hours and we experienced different kind of weather. We experienced the sunshine, the rain, the ice drop, the snow, windy and cloudy weather along the lake within these 3hours ride.  Enjoying the [...]

Technorati Tags: Khovsgol,Huvsgul lake,ger,eco travel,eco tourism,mongolia It was so cold when we reached the camp. We stayed in the ger. The camp owner was waiting for us and start up the firewood for us to warm up the ger. There were so many bright and sparkling stars outside the gers. We were exhausted. We then [...]