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Cows to the Left of Me, Gers to the Right
Lee must be losing his grip. We have a morning off! Most of us lie in for a late breakfast around 9, then spend the morning pottering. I walk out to try and find some shops, but completely miss the … Continue reading
A Long But Rewarding Day
We’re up before 4 to drive to the airport for the flight to Ulgii. Check-in and so on go very smoothly thanks to the experience of our guides, I’m not sure we would have navigated it without them. The airline … Continue reading
The Andrew Johnston Unintentional Desert Camouflage Masterclass 2025
See also the Iceland Camouflage Masterclass and Namib Desert Camouflage Masterclass Continue reading
A Custom More Honoured In the Breach
“‘Tis a custom more honoured in the breach than the observance”Driving on the right in Mongolia… After a relatively few hours’ sleep we’re up again for the short drive back to the Tsagaan Survarga cliffs. This time the photography gods … Continue reading
The 20 Second Selfie!
With my digestive system playing fairly nicely I decide to join the morning shoot. Rendezvous time is set for 5.15. At 5.14 I walk into the car park as fast as my little legs, dodgy knees and metal hip will … Continue reading
Khan’s Revenge
The overnight power outage goes unnoticed, but I have a rough night courtesy of a howling wind and unexpectedly high temperatures. Having suffered with the cold mornings in Zimanga I have brought all sorts of cold weather gear for our … Continue reading
Camels and Dunes
Day 3 is mainly a long drive south, to not far off the Chinese border. Thanks to the emergency replan this is a bit longer than expected, and we’ll also have a slightly longer drive back on day 5 returning … Continue reading
Oops! That Was More Sudden Than Expected
The big problem with Mongolia is that it’s so big. Big and empty. The distances between points of interest are usually several hundred km, there are few internal flights and a limited rail network. To explore multiple tourist destinations you … Continue reading
The Mongoblog
“Alright, alright, alright alright alright”. If you know, you know. If you have to Google it, it’s option 2! With the virtual ink just dry on the Zimanga blog, I’m off again, new destination Mongolia. In an ideal world I … Continue reading
Eating the Elephant (The Tail-Piece)
It’s instructive to look back on my Zimanga trip, to review what worked, and what I might have done differently. If you’re planning a photo safari, you might find the following useful. Firstly, I can’t praise strongly enough the owners … Continue reading
The Need for (Shutter) Speed?
Over the past few weeks I’ve had the same conversation at least four times: before my trip to South Africa, at least twice while I was on my safari, and also after sharing my images for review. It starts like … Continue reading
The Zimanga 2025 Group Photo
Although my "group panoramas" are a tradition, I am on this occasion frustrated, as on every night there’s less than half of group at dinner, between night hide slots and three of us staying at The Homestead, a separate accommodation … Continue reading
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