Day 0: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

I spent most of my "first day" on a series of planes. Those of you who know me will know that is my favorite thing in the world. [insert sarcastism]. Technically I lost a day in transit. I don't like losing entire days. Our first destination was to LAX where we caught a connecting flight to Beijing, China. I didn't see much of Beijing. This isn't because I only had two hours until my connecting flight. Oh no. I've seen less smog in third-world countries. It was terrible to behold. I could feel the cancer wafting through the air. After a small (big) snafu getting to our connecting flight. We made our way to the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. This place looks like a mix Egypt, Mexico and a tribal settlement. It's dirty but in a clean sort of way. Kind of like it's supposed to be dirty. There are obvious signs of Mother Russia's former ownership of this place. Billboards and street signs use Cyrillic and I've seen the hammer and sickle in more than one place. It's crazy. We have no plans for tonight. I am tired from spemding all day on a plane and we have a full day tomorrow. I get to sleep in a Ger. Laters yo! K P.s. it's Chenggis Khaan. Not Ghengiz Khan. I feel so lied to...

On the world map.

I am now officially on my way. I sit in the Air China lounge at LAX. In a couple of hours I will be on a plane to Beijing then to Ulaanbaatar . I might even have wifi on the plane! Should be fun. Next post will likely be from Mongolia. Later, K

We're blasting off again!

Hey everyone! I am currently four hours away from leaving my house for the airport and then I'm on my way to China and then Mongolia.  I may not be able to make posts as often over there but I will do my best. Also  I'm going to try something new this trip: video logs.  I want to make more videos and when I get back I will edit and post them to somewhere.  Probably Youtube or something.  Anyway, I'm off to keep packing. I promise I will take lots of pictures!

Laters,

K