It’s been 2 weeks since returning from Mongolia and I’ve thought of nothing else. My journey wandering through the wilderness of that vast, incredible country has left me speechless and struggling to explain what’s in my heart.

Sometimes I smile, sometimes I cry, sometimes it’s all to much trying to recall the emotions that made me feel alive.

It’s been impossible to talk to people of what the experience has meant to me because they wouldn’t understand and to be honest I’d rather not try – I just can’t find the words.

I’m going to print out my favourite images and place them all around the house so that whatever room I’m in they’ll remind me of the most wonderful moments I have ever experienced:

It was the beautiful snow capped mountains, it was the wide open grasslands that were speckled with hundreds of free roaming yaks, horses, goats, sheep and camels, it was the silence, it was the warm sunshine, it was the fresh clean air, it was the crystal clear water of the expansive lakes but most of all, it was integrating with the gentle, kind, welcoming, contented, smiling, isolated nomadic people that were happy living a simple life.

There is so much to learn from letting go of greed and material wealth to appreciate nature and being content. We all spend too much energy on chasing what we think will make us happy and forget to open our eyes to appreciate what there is there right in front of our face. Being “rich” is not all about money, it’s about spending time doing the things that give you the most pleasure to make you smile.

The stress of modern life has removed us so far away from what is important to make us feel satisfied. I’m not saying that the nomadic people have an easy life, nothing can be more further from the truth. These people struggle far more than most of us will ever experience. But they choose to live that life because it’s what they do, because it’s what they want, because it’s their culture, because when they go to bed at night they can sleep.

For me, a new chapter has begun, I have to contemplate what happens next.

I would love to return and stay with a family for longer, to integrate rather than being a transient tourist that hops in and out just to say I did it.

In the meantime, these are some of my most favourite photos that will adorn my walls to evoke so many emotive emotions and make me smile.

Until my next adventure………

Nite

😘