Traveling to Mongolia was not on my radar. The only reason I considered it was because a lot of people I met when I was traveling over holiday – I was an English teacher in China for a year – had just come from traveling in Mongolia and only had amazing things to say. Everyone said it was the most beautiful place they had ever been and they weren’t wrong. I wasn’t the old woman that the family who ran the hostel I was staying at expected – simply a girl who had a non-refundable ticket to Helsinki ten days later. But I finally managed to join up with a group of seven, including myself, our driver, Ulzii and our tour guide and interpreter, Suvdaa. We went out into the countryside of Mongolia soon after. To read the full article, click here: My Journey to Mongolia – a Trip Report