< > ( Overview / L2: It's not a midlife crisis It's not a mid-life crisis - travel bragging again Beijing The Trans-Mongolian - Beijing to Ulaanbaatar Gun-Galuut Nature Reserve Khustai National Park Terelj and Ikh Nart The Nadaam Festival The white stupa (cliffs) and Yoyn Am The Gobi Desert Orkhon Valley, Kharkorin and Tsenkher hot springs. Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park Region Lake Khuvsgul - our most northerly point in Mongolia Ushigiin Uver Deer Stones and Uran Uul Erdenet and Amarbayasgalant Monastery The tour ends and UB - again Ulan-Ude and Irkurtsk (first stops in Russia) Lake Baikal Krasnoyask and Tomsk Novosibirsk Tobolsk Ekaterinburg - the border between Asia and Europe Perm Nizhny Novgorod Vladimir and Suzdal Moscow - last stop Russia Riga (and a bit of Latvia) Vilnius (and a bit of Lithuania) Minsk - first stop Belarus More photos of Minsk Niasviž and Mir castles Grodno Brest - last stop Belarus Warsaw - only stop Poland Hanover - only stop Germany Brussels - only stop Belguim London - we made it! Forres, Scotland Quito, Ecuador - we're back! Mindo Quilotoa Lake and trip to Banos Banos Agua Santa Cuenca Ecuadorian Amazon - Cuyabano More Amazon photos San Cristobal island - Galapagos The cruise around the Galapagos Santiago Island Isabela Island (1) Isabela Island (2) Fernandina Island Rabida Island Guayaquil - last stop Ecuador Santiago - last stop Post script: Melbourne and then Sydney Rabida Island It's not a mid-life crisis - travel bragging again Beijing The Trans-Mongolian - Beijing to Ulaanbaatar Gun-Galuut Nature Reserve Khustai National Park Terelj and Ikh Nart The Nadaam Festival The white stupa (cliffs) and Yoyn Am The Gobi Desert Orkhon Valley, Kharkorin and Tsenkher hot springs. Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park Region Lake Khuvsgul - our most northerly point in Mongolia Ushigiin Uver Deer Stones and Uran Uul Erdenet and Amarbayasgalant Monastery The tour ends and UB - again Ulan-Ude and Irkurtsk (first stops in Russia) Lake Baikal Krasnoyask and Tomsk Novosibirsk Tobolsk Ekaterinburg - the border between Asia and Europe Perm Nizhny Novgorod Vladimir and Suzdal Moscow - last stop Russia Riga (and a bit of Latvia) Vilnius (and a bit of Lithuania) Minsk - first stop Belarus More photos of Minsk Niasviž and Mir castles Grodno Brest - last stop Belarus Warsaw - only stop Poland Hanover - only stop Germany Brussels - only stop Belguim London - we made it! Forres, Scotland Quito, Ecuador - we're back! Mindo Quilotoa Lake and trip to Banos Banos Agua Santa Cuenca Ecuadorian Amazon - Cuyabano More Amazon photos San Cristobal island - Galapagos The cruise around the Galapagos Santiago Island Isabela Island (1) Isabela Island (2) Fernandina Island Rabida Island Guayaquil - last stop Ecuador Santiago - last stop Post script: Melbourne and then Sydney Ecuador, 16. November 2019 Map Blue footed boobies Red beach (and lagoon with flamingos) Blue footed booby Red Beach Flamingo on Rabida (apparently we were lucky to see) Flamingos on Rabida Brand new pup and injured mum Brown pelican View from the boat