I have been traveling for a little over a week now and I am thanking myself for packing light.

I started in Shanghai to visit my brother, then met Nate in Beijing three days later.  The following morning we took the 30 hour journey to Ulan Bator in Mongolia by train.

This is a strange and incredible place. The city of Ulan Bator has skyscrapers and a very modern lifestyle, while two hours away there are families living in yurts subsisting off the land.  We just stayed with a family last night, playing basketball with the kids while fending off goats at night while sleeping outside (only for 3 hours, it started raining around midnight so we retreated to the yurt).

Since I didn’t bring a laptop and all of my photos are in RAW, photo postings will be few and far between. When I have the time I will try to take a shot of my Nikon’s LCD screen with my iPhone to give a sample of what i’m seeing.

However, you will have to wait till I get back to see the real stuff.