Category Archives: Travel Tuesday

My travel adventures to, from and in 23 countries in 6 continents.

Jump-Started Jet – All Aboard!

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Bill Davis

Jump Start. Airline jet. Those are two phrases you do not normally hear used together. Nor would you ever really want to. But I did. After I finally got my visa to Mongolia (see my previous post), I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Tuesday | Tagged airline, Beijing, China, jump start, Mongolia, travel, Ulaanbaatar | 2 Comments

The Vase You’ve All Been Waiting For…

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Bill Davis

Okay, here’s a picture of the vase I bought as a gift for my wife by bargaining in Tagalog with a monolingual Chinese saleswoman in Beijing. I’m not sure why I didn’t include this in the original post (Shopping in … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Tuesday | Tagged Beijing, China, Mongolia, Philippines, Shopping, Tagalog, travel | 2 Comments

Shopping in the Wrong Language

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Bill Davis

A Bit of Paper On my third day in Beijing, I did get finally my visa to Mongolia. It was almost boring, after the complexities of the first two days (see Outer Mongolia via Beijing). I took the bus (again), … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Tuesday | Tagged Beijing, China, Mongolia, Philippines, Pinoy, Shopping, Tagalog, Travel Tuesday, Ulaanbaatar | 14 Comments

Outer Mongolia via Beijing

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Bill Davis

I was on an adventure… Even for this veteran traveler, to fly to Outer Mongolia was pushing everything up a notch. Okay, two notches. It was the spring of 1994 and I was leaving the familiar Manila and heading to Ulaan … Continue reading →