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Genghis can In Mongolia

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Easter is traditionally the time to visit the relatives and nobody has more than the world’s biggest ever seed carrier… yes, if anyone Khan, Genghis can in Mongolia.

One in every 200 men alive today are said to be related to Oul’ Genghis.

And being of the swarthy and beardie variety I daresay I’m one.

And so Ghengis is probably due a visit from his great-great-great-great etc (phew!) grandson.

The Grand Pavilion

It’s in the beard: Genghis Khan

Our friends at The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts international dream providers have given us a prod about Mongolia reopening for international tourism.

Mongolia no longer require any Covid testing, quarantine or self-isolation for tourist arrivals.

And that is regardless of age or vaccination/recovery status.

Pavilion are steering us in the direction of the annual Genghis Khan Retreat in the Mongolian Steppe and Pavilions Mongolia.

There’s more to it than just putting on your best shouty voice and aggressive stance you know.

The Pavilions Mongolia is now accepting bookings for the Genghis Khan Retreat, from 20 June – 30 August.

Another string to my bow

Service with a smile: Mongolian living
Guests booking a Curated Journey: Into The Wild at The Pavilions Mongolia can look forward to four days of channelling their inner Khan.
And that means thundering across the spectacular Okhorn valley on horseback and mastering the legendary Mongol bow.
You’ll kayak down the Okhorn river and camp on the great plains in a luxuriously equipped traditional ger.
Now if I am indeed one of Genghis’s spawn then that would explain my derring-do around the world.

Horse whisperer me

Get a gallop on: Genghis country
And I am sure I am ready to step up from my ride around the Colorado Plains with Issy to a Mongolian chaser.
And my whitewater rafting expertise (clinging on to the side of a bath tub!) will hold me in good stead for Khan kayaking.
Mane man: On Issy in Colorado
Curated Journeys: Into The Wild give you four nights’ accommodation and all meals at The Pavilions Mongolia with activities and excursions.
From $2400pp (approx. £1835pp)
For further information and reservations, email info@pavilionshotels.com.
Yes, if anyone Khan, Genghis can in Mongolia. And BandanaKhan!
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G – On track to see my Son and Heir and China

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We’ve all got our suitcases packed and labels filled out… and for my Son and China (plate… mate) that’s Chong Cheng.

We’ve been mapping out our itinerary since The Son and Heir announced that he was off to teach English in China last year.

That’s been pushed out to Easter.

But that gives us time too (and our politicians) to plan how we’ll get out there to see him.

Our go-to people in such odysseys are G Adventures  .

And they have the very thing a 16-day Trans-Mongolian trip from Moscow to Beijing, valid on April 23, 2022, from £1799, to lure us in.

Take it as Red in Moscow

I’ve been mugging up on all things Mongolian in the many Travel programmes I’ve been taking in during lockdown.

And I can thoroughly recommend the excellent the Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan when he dons one of those onesies for a bit of Mongolian wrestlng… which is me all over.

Your journey will kick off in Moscow where you’ll get a day to yourself to check out Lenin’s Mausoleum, the Kremlin, the Hermitage.

Or you can always head for St Petersburg first and make your way to Moscow along the St Petersburg Express.

Siberia is VERY big

You ever been 88 hours on a train? Well it’ll just fly by as you cross the Ural Mountains and Siberia.

Enjoy the charms of Irkutsk on a walking tour before driving to the village of Listvyanka.

You’ll overnight on the shores of Lake Balkal and dig into local cuisine…

And try a banya, or Russian sauna to you and me.

Mongolia, yes we Khan

Before you enter Genghis Khan’s Mongol kingdom of.

And you’ll be able to fulfil your life-long ambition to stay in a traditional ger, or yurt, and channel your Genghis with a spot of archery.

Nothing finishes off a day better in Mongolia of course than a bit of throat-singing… best leave it to the locals though.

A yen for Beijing

You’ll get two clear days plus time either end in Beijing.

And, of course, no trip to China would be complete without a trip to the Great Wall, and yours will be a walk along the Mutianyu section.

For most of us that’ll be enough train travel for a while.

But for others, we’ll be taking another eight-hour journey to Chong Cheng…

After all the Son and Heir will want his Mammy there to do his washing!