For roughly two weeks, our OEX and MBDP overland group travelled from the south gobi, up through Ick Bogd mountain to Khakhorum, then east to Khustai National Park and finishing of course in the capital, UlaanBaatar.

Along our way we met with MBDP host families, conducting interviews, weighing our bankhar, and administering dewormer.

Furthermore we kept our eyes out for suitable bankhar dogs to take DNA samples from. The further  from the city we travelled the more prevalent the bankhar were.

The story of our two week driving tour can be told much more thoroughly through the eyes of the writers and journalists who joined us. I will post links to their blogs and articles as they are published.

We were lucky enough to be joined by Jomarie Fecci who has written a small piece about our trip. And intends to have a article published in the future detailing parts of the expedition. Check out her  page here.

Once we returned to the city, we bid the OEX team and our group of travelers farewell. It was a fantastic group and sad to split up.

I stayed on in Mongolia to help Greg and Baagi with the Bankar dog project. I was soon thrown back into the chaos and riff raff of UB. Never a boring day here...

Sheared tranny gear means I get to spend the day hunting for a used replacement to get our Delica
rolling...

Transmission and engine rebuilds at the vehicle market...

Getting very confused looks as I do carpentry work in the hardware store...

Junkyard puppies...



Kazakh band at the Naran Tuul market...