Author: Jim Damico

Tsetsgee and I spent an afternoon touring The Bogd Khaan Palace Museum. Built between 1893 and 1903, the Winter Palace of Bogd Khaan is where Mongolia’s eighth Living Buddha, and …

This past week His Holiness Sakya Trizin Rinpoche has been teaching at Pethub Monastery. Gyatso and the other directors invited His Holiness to come to the center to give a …

After a nice complimentary breakfast at the Selenge Hotel, we got back on the road for our final day of traveling. It was a beautiful day, full of sunshine and …

Every time I got up last night, it was still raining. There was a little break as we loaded up the cars, but by the time we got on the …

After a good nights sleep, I woke up an overcast sky with clouds on the horizon moving in. After Breakfast, I heard that the ‘kids’ were going horseback rding. I …

Since we had a short day ahead, we got to sleep in a bit this morning. It rained again last night but was looking like it was going to be …

Well, today was ten hours of bumpy dirt track. There was such a variety of terrain. The land reminded me a lot of Montana, New Mexico and Spain, but not …

It was a little chilly last night but it was a beautiful morning. We hit the road by eight which was a good thing because we were to be driving …

After a hearty breakfast at the ger camp, we got ready to hit the road again, with the girls being the last out of their gers. Today we drove to …

Well, after 10 months in Mongolia, I’m finally getting a chance to see the Mongolian countryside. Five of us from the center, Gyatso, Glenda, Glenda’s friend Fran from Australia, and …