Trickytiger, I’d really enjoy seeing your photos. I’m not sure why I wasn’t notified by email that there are new messages here that I haven’t read. I thought for sure that when we post a message in any category that we are automatically informed when new messages are posted in that category. Anyway, thank you, zencentury, grog, and sarahlou for your interesting posts.

When I recently went camel riding in the Sinai desert with the Bedouins, I took a lot of candy for the children, little perfumes and liptstick for the women, and ended up giving much of my camping gear to the men. They were exceptionally friendly and hospitable people, and so I well understand the importance of giving gifts to these wonderful people, plus I have read that the Mongolians are nearly unsurpassed in their hospitality.

Those are great photos of you in Mongolia, sarahlou.

I am anxiously awaiting the 2008 Mongolia mountain biking tour schedule on the Wildcat web site:
http://www.wildcat-bike-tours.co.uk/...bike-tours.htm