Ben (Patrick) Khaan's
Bicycle Adventure in Central Asia

There's my bike!! Loading the plane in Seoul, Korea for Ulaam Baatar, Mongolia.

Colorful bank clock in Ulaam Baatar.

Typical ger community near Ulaan Baatar.

Grunting yakaty yaks.

Buddhist guy.

Countryside.

Nomad's pots and pans. Right side of the ger, woman's domain.

In the skins is fermented mare's milk (airag). Left side of the ger, man's domain.

Ger skylight.

Wonderful Buddhist figures.

Prayer wheels. "May we have a safe adventure!"

Monks going to morning chanting, prayers, and study.

Gongor (our interpreter) at ovoo. Give a gift (another rock, blue silk prayer scarf, bottle of beer, or whatever), walk around clockwise three times and you will get what you wish!

Our trusty sag wagon - an indestructible Russian 66.

Ger construction.

Jobs completed.

Milking time. Rich yak milk for butter, cheese, and yogurt.

Fun with the kids.

Yak concessionaire.

Paid $1 for this ride.

Visitors for lunch. Ouyunn cooking - ger door as wind shelter.

Regal horse lady with blue silk del. Sain bainuu! (are you well) Sain ta Sain bainuu. (I'm fine. How are you?)

Jim, the spare parts man.

Ben, the fisherman - Siberian whitefish, yum yum!

Another grand day of biking. However, sometimes very challenging!

Oh oh! Rain with snow and, we are stuck! - bang!! goes the transmission linkage! Guess we'll spend the night!

Ever pitch your tent in the snow? Sure glad that I had plenty of SLO garbage bags to help keep me dry!

And, stranded bikes.

Dinners "coming up", yum yum!

Changing addresses. Nomads heading for Winter pasture!

Classical Mongolian horseman. Daraa uulzii "See you later".