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<p><strong>Le 10 ao&ucirc;t 2010</strong></p>
<p>Le regard que je porte sur cette nature qui semble f&acirc;ch&eacute;e est celui d'un animal. Je la respire, l'observe et &agrave; chaque instant je m'attends &agrave; une surprise qui ne me fasse plus rire.</p>
<p>Apr&egrave;s 2 mauvaises temp&ecirc;tes, (sable, gr&ecirc;le et glissement de boue) dont une qui a d&eacute;truit ma tente, j'anticipe encore plus, me cache, me prot&egrave;ge. J'en ai presque oubli&eacute; l'humain qui &eacute;tait pourtant ma premi&egrave;re pr&eacute;occupation il y a 2 semaines encore.</p>
<p>Maintenant je pose chaque camp avec une protection qui pourrait r&eacute;sister &agrave; une temp&ecirc;te &eacute;ventuelle. Je m'engouffre dans les abris &agrave; chevaux, &agrave; ch&egrave;vres ou dans un tube d'&eacute;vacuation sous la route, etc... loin de l'harmonie recherch&eacute;e. Tout est temporaire et qui sait o&ugrave; mes pieds me m&egrave;neront. Demain est un autre jour et ils m'ont dit qu'ils allaient direction plein sud... D&eacute;sert de Gobi. P.S.</p>
<p>Je me pr&eacute;pare aux visites nocturnes des chiens errants en laissant une petite surprise pour leurs estomac si souvent vide. Au petit matin ils m'accompagnent sur quelques centaines de m&egrave;tres comme pour me remercier.</p>]]></metadata>
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<p><strong>Le 10 ao&ucirc;t 2010</strong></p>
<p>Le regard que je porte sur cette nature qui semble f&acirc;ch&eacute;e est celui d'un animal. Je la respire, l'observe et &agrave; chaque instant je m'attends &agrave; une surprise qui ne me fasse plus rire.</p>
<p>Apr&egrave;s 2 mauvaises temp&ecirc;tes, (sable, gr&ecirc;le et glissement de boue) dont une qui a d&eacute;truit ma tente, j'anticipe encore plus, me cache, me prot&egrave;ge. J'en ai presque oubli&eacute; l'humain qui &eacute;tait pourtant ma premi&egrave;re pr&eacute;occupation il y a 2 semaines encore.</p>
<p>Maintenant je pose chaque camp avec une protection qui pourrait r&eacute;sister &agrave; une temp&ecirc;te &eacute;ventuelle. Je m'engouffre dans les abris &agrave; chevaux, &agrave; ch&egrave;vres ou dans un tube d'&eacute;vacuation sous la route, etc... loin de l'harmonie recherch&eacute;e. Tout est temporaire et qui sait o&ugrave; mes pieds me m&egrave;neront. Demain est un autre jour et ils m'ont dit qu'ils allaient direction plein sud... D&eacute;sert de Gobi. P.S.</p>
<p>Je me pr&eacute;pare aux visites nocturnes des chiens errants en laissant une petite surprise pour leurs estomac si souvent vide. Au petit matin ils m'accompagnent sur quelques centaines de m&egrave;tres comme pour me remercier.</p>
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<p><strong>Le 10 ao&ucirc;t 2010</strong></p>
<p>Le regard que je porte sur cette nature qui semble f&acirc;ch&eacute;e est celui d'un animal. Je la respire, l'observe et &agrave; chaque instant je m'attends &agrave; une surprise qui ne me fasse plus rire.</p>
<p>Apr&egrave;s 2 mauvaises temp&ecirc;tes, (sable, gr&ecirc;le et glissement de boue) dont une qui a d&eacute;truit ma tente, j'anticipe encore plus, me cache, me prot&egrave;ge. J'en ai presque oubli&eacute; l'humain qui &eacute;tait pourtant ma premi&egrave;re pr&eacute;occupation il y a 2 semaines encore.</p>
<p>Maintenant je pose chaque camp avec une protection qui pourrait r&eacute;sister &agrave; une temp&ecirc;te &eacute;ventuelle. Je m'engouffre dans les abris &agrave; chevaux, &agrave; ch&egrave;vres ou dans un tube d'&eacute;vacuation sous la route, etc... loin de l'harmonie recherch&eacute;e. Tout est temporaire et qui sait o&ugrave; mes pieds me m&egrave;neront. Demain est un autre jour et ils m'ont dit qu'ils allaient direction plein sud... D&eacute;sert de Gobi. P.S.</p>
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<p><strong>Le 10 ao&ucirc;t 2010</strong></p>
<p>Le regard que je porte sur cette nature qui semble f&acirc;ch&eacute;e est celui d'un animal. Je la respire, l'observe et &agrave; chaque instant je m'attends &agrave; une surprise qui ne me fasse plus rire.</p>
<p>Apr&egrave;s 2 mauvaises temp&ecirc;tes, (sable, gr&ecirc;le et glissement de boue) dont une qui a d&eacute;truit ma tente, j'anticipe encore plus, me cache, me prot&egrave;ge. J'en ai presque oubli&eacute; l'humain qui &eacute;tait pourtant ma premi&egrave;re pr&eacute;occupation il y a 2 semaines encore.</p>
<p>Maintenant je pose chaque camp avec une protection qui pourrait r&eacute;sister &agrave; une temp&ecirc;te &eacute;ventuelle. Je m'engouffre dans les abris &agrave; chevaux, &agrave; ch&egrave;vres ou dans un tube d'&eacute;vacuation sous la route, etc... loin de l'harmonie recherch&eacute;e. Tout est temporaire et qui sait o&ugrave; mes pieds me m&egrave;neront. Demain est un autre jour et ils m'ont dit qu'ils allaient direction plein sud... D&eacute;sert de Gobi. P.S.</p>
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<p><strong>Le 20 juin 2010</strong>: un d&eacute;part sous un soleil de plomb (36 degr&eacute;s). J'&eacute;tais &agrave; la fronti&egrave;re Sib&eacute;rienne-Mongole. Les gens avaient cette mixte Russo-Mongole que l'ont d&eacute;tecte instantan&eacute;ment par cette rudesse des gestes, du regard, des corps secs et muscl&eacute;s. (Rien &agrave; voir avec les Mongoles que j'ai pu voir &agrave; Ulaanbaatar.) Les cubes b&eacute;tonn&eacute;s rempla&ccedil;aient la rondeur des gers, les rues &eacute;taient larges, quelques badauds se sont retourn&eacute;s sur notre passage. J'&eacute;tais dans une 4x4 avec Gerry Lee et l'&eacute;quipe de logistique de Mongolian Expeditions. Le point de d&eacute;part n'&eacute;tait pas loin. Soudain au contour d'un chemin cahoteux un paysan au ventre nu et bien rond nous faisait des gestes de loin et nous criait des mots qui s'apparentaient &agrave; un mauvais tirage au jeu de scrabble avec plein de "yxkuz ..." Il y avait un grand manque de voyelles. Aussit&ocirc;t notre chauffeur avait r&eacute;agit et s'&eacute;tait approch&eacute;. L'homme au ventre rond et ses 2 comp&egrave;res s'&eacute;taient approch&eacute;s un peu trop pr&egrave;s du marais o&ugrave; ils avaient l'intention d'en extraire la bonne terre fertile. Alors, nous avons remorqu&eacute; la vieille camionnette aux &eacute;cailles bleues ciel. Heureux, leurs petits yeux brillaient de joie et ils secouaient la t&ecirc;te en signe de remerciement... Et voil&agrave; que le vrai d&eacute;part pouvait commencer.<br />Quelques heures plus tard j'&eacute;tais devant une plaine qui avait l'air de ne pas s'arr&ecirc;ter, de vouloir faire le tour de la terre.<br />Seule enfin... ou presque. J'avais avec moi ma charrette...amie ou ennemie?<br />Je me disais, je le saurai plus tard... je n'avais toujours pas eu le temps de r&eacute;aliser ce que j'&eacute;tais sur le point de commencer.<br /><br />Jour n&deg;7 :<br />J'&eacute;tais sous un petit arbre juste assez grand pour me donner de l'ombre... les moustiques de la Selenge River m'ont mang&eacute;e, d&eacute;vor&eacute;e, d&eacute;gust&eacute;e avec l'id&eacute;e qu'elles en reprendraient bien encore un peu...<br />Apr&egrave;s 3 jours de tentative pour approcher la rivi&egrave;re, je m'&eacute;tais confront&eacute;e aux marais, &agrave; la v&eacute;g&eacute;tation dense, mais surtout &agrave; des arbres qui ont subi les temp&ecirc;tes d'hiver. Ils &eacute;taient partout, ils jonchaient &agrave; moiti&eacute; le sol, certains &eacute;taient coup&eacute;s &agrave; mis-hauteur. J'avais m&ecirc;me abandonn&eacute; ma charrette derri&egrave;re moi quelques heures, pour voir si une progression sans elle &eacute;tait possible. Puis j'avais pens&eacute; au radeau en bois que j'aurais pu faire avec tout ces arbres qui &eacute;taient autour de moi... malheureusement le courant n'allait pas dans le bon sens. Je m'&eacute;tais retrouv&eacute;e devant un cas de figure o&ugrave; je devais abandonner le r&ecirc;ve de p&ecirc;cher et de manger du poisson. Je devais donc me s&eacute;parer de mon mat&eacute;riel incroyable de p&ecirc;che tout neuf... snif.<br />Je devais r&eacute;agir imm&eacute;diatement... changer tout mon tracer et partir via les montagnes.<br /><br />Jour n&deg;10 :<br />Les montagnes m'ont donn&eacute; leur beaut&eacute; sauvage. J'y ai rencontr&eacute; chevreuils, li&egrave;vres, &eacute;cureuils, serpents et quelques bergers solitaires. La montagne m'a fait suer, certains jours je n'avan&ccedil;ais que de 4 &agrave; 5 km pour 6 heures de mont&eacute;e en poussant ma charrette charg&eacute;e au maximum d'eau. Des parterres de fleurs multicolores se tendaient et me regardaient pour recevoir une petite caresse comme pour me faire oublier l'effort.<br /><br />Tout cela &eacute;tait bien l&agrave; pour une raison... j'avais oubli&eacute; ce que c'est d'attendre que le soleil descende 6 heures sous un arbre. J'avais oubli&eacute; de regarder le vent jouer avec les gramin&eacute;es...<br />L'instant pr&eacute;sent m'est arriv&eacute; en pleine peau avec le vent.<br />Sous un bapt&ecirc;me de gouttes de sueur fra&icirc;che, ma peau de nomade est r&eacute;apparue et l'&eacute;nergie du mouvement me rendit fille de cette terre une fois de plus...<br />&nbsp;<br />Sarah de Mongolie<br />P.S. Ecrit et transmit par email de Erdenet.</p>]]></metadata>
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<p><strong>Le 20 juin 2010</strong>: un d&eacute;part sous un soleil de plomb (36 degr&eacute;s). J'&eacute;tais &agrave; la fronti&egrave;re Sib&eacute;rienne-Mongole. Les gens avaient cette mixte Russo-Mongole que l'ont d&eacute;tecte instantan&eacute;ment par cette rudesse des gestes, du regard, des corps secs et muscl&eacute;s. (Rien &agrave; voir avec les Mongoles que j'ai pu voir &agrave; Ulaanbaatar.) Les cubes b&eacute;tonn&eacute;s rempla&ccedil;aient la rondeur des gers, les rues &eacute;taient larges, quelques badauds se sont retourn&eacute;s sur notre passage. J'&eacute;tais dans une 4x4 avec Gerry Lee et l'&eacute;quipe de logistique de Mongolian Expeditions. Le point de d&eacute;part n'&eacute;tait pas loin. Soudain au contour d'un chemin cahoteux un paysan au ventre nu et bien rond nous faisait des gestes de loin et nous criait des mots qui s'apparentaient &agrave; un mauvais tirage au jeu de scrabble avec plein de "yxkuz ..." Il y avait un grand manque de voyelles. Aussit&ocirc;t notre chauffeur avait r&eacute;agit et s'&eacute;tait approch&eacute;. L'homme au ventre rond et ses 2 comp&egrave;res s'&eacute;taient approch&eacute;s un peu trop pr&egrave;s du marais o&ugrave; ils avaient l'intention d'en extraire la bonne terre fertile. Alors, nous avons remorqu&eacute; la vieille camionnette aux &eacute;cailles bleues ciel. Heureux, leurs petits yeux brillaient de joie et ils secouaient la t&ecirc;te en signe de remerciement... Et voil&agrave; que le vrai d&eacute;part pouvait commencer.<br />Quelques heures plus tard j'&eacute;tais devant une plaine qui avait l'air de ne pas s'arr&ecirc;ter, de vouloir faire le tour de la terre.<br />Seule enfin... ou presque. J'avais avec moi ma charrette...amie ou ennemie?<br />Je me disais, je le saurai plus tard... je n'avais toujours pas eu le temps de r&eacute;aliser ce que j'&eacute;tais sur le point de commencer.</p>
<p>Jour n&deg;7 :<br />J'&eacute;tais sous un petit arbre juste assez grand pour me donner de l'ombre... les moustiques de la Selenge River m'ont mang&eacute;e, d&eacute;vor&eacute;e, d&eacute;gust&eacute;e avec l'id&eacute;e qu'elles en reprendraient bien encore un peu...<br />Apr&egrave;s 3 jours de tentative pour approcher la rivi&egrave;re, je m'&eacute;tais confront&eacute;e aux marais, &agrave; la v&eacute;g&eacute;tation dense, mais surtout &agrave; des arbres qui ont subi les temp&ecirc;tes d'hiver. Ils &eacute;taient partout, ils jonchaient &agrave; moiti&eacute; le sol, certains &eacute;taient coup&eacute;s &agrave; mis-hauteur. J'avais m&ecirc;me abandonn&eacute; ma charrette derri&egrave;re moi quelques heures, pour voir si une progression sans elle &eacute;tait possible. Puis j'avais pens&eacute; au radeau en bois que j'aurais pu faire avec tout ces arbres qui &eacute;taient autour de moi... malheureusement le courant n'allait pas dans le bon sens. Je m'&eacute;tais retrouv&eacute;e devant un cas de figure o&ugrave; je devais abandonner le r&ecirc;ve de p&ecirc;cher et de manger du poisson. Je devais donc me s&eacute;parer de mon mat&eacute;riel incroyable de p&ecirc;che tout neuf... snif.<br />Je devais r&eacute;agir imm&eacute;diatement... changer tout mon tracer et partir via les montagnes.</p>
<p>Jour n&deg;10 :<br />Les montagnes m'ont donn&eacute; leur beaut&eacute; sauvage. J'y ai rencontr&eacute; chevreuils, li&egrave;vres, &eacute;cureuils, serpents et quelques bergers solitaires. La montagne m'a fait suer, certains jours je n'avan&ccedil;ais que de 4 &agrave; 5 km pour 6 heures de mont&eacute;e en poussant ma charrette charg&eacute;e au maximum d'eau. Des parterres de fleurs multicolores se tendaient et me regardaient pour recevoir une petite caresse comme pour me faire oublier l'effort.</p>
<p>Tout cela &eacute;tait bien l&agrave; pour une raison... j'avais oubli&eacute; ce que c'est d'attendre que le soleil descende 6 heures sous un arbre. J'avais oubli&eacute; de regarder le vent jouer avec les gramin&eacute;es...<br />L'instant pr&eacute;sent m'est arriv&eacute; en pleine peau avec le vent.<br />Sous un bapt&ecirc;me de gouttes de sueur fra&icirc;che, ma peau de nomade est r&eacute;apparue et l'&eacute;nergie du mouvement me rendit fille de cette terre une fois de plus...<br />&nbsp;<br />Sarah de Mongolie<br />P.S. Ecrit et transmit par email de Erdenet.</p>
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<p><strong>Le 20 juin 2010</strong>: un d&eacute;part sous un soleil de plomb (36 degr&eacute;s). J'&eacute;tais &agrave; la fronti&egrave;re Sib&eacute;rienne-Mongole. Les gens avaient cette mixte Russo-Mongole que l'ont d&eacute;tecte instantan&eacute;ment par cette rudesse des gestes, du regard, des corps secs et muscl&eacute;s. (Rien &agrave; voir avec les Mongoles que j'ai pu voir &agrave; Ulaanbaatar.) Les cubes b&eacute;tonn&eacute;s rempla&ccedil;aient la rondeur des gers, les rues &eacute;taient larges, quelques badauds se sont retourn&eacute;s sur notre passage. J'&eacute;tais dans une 4x4 avec Gerry Lee et l'&eacute;quipe de logistique de Mongolian Expeditions. Le point de d&eacute;part n'&eacute;tait pas loin. Soudain au contour d'un chemin cahoteux un paysan au ventre nu et bien rond nous faisait des gestes de loin et nous criait des mots qui s'apparentaient &agrave; un mauvais tirage au jeu de scrabble avec plein de "yxkuz ..." Il y avait un grand manque de voyelles. Aussit&ocirc;t notre chauffeur avait r&eacute;agit et s'&eacute;tait approch&eacute;. L'homme au ventre rond et ses 2 comp&egrave;res s'&eacute;taient approch&eacute;s un peu trop pr&egrave;s du marais o&ugrave; ils avaient l'intention d'en extraire la bonne terre fertile. Alors, nous avons remorqu&eacute; la vieille camionnette aux &eacute;cailles bleues ciel. Heureux, leurs petits yeux brillaient de joie et ils secouaient la t&ecirc;te en signe de remerciement... Et voil&agrave; que le vrai d&eacute;part pouvait commencer.<br />Quelques heures plus tard j'&eacute;tais devant une plaine qui avait l'air de ne pas s'arr&ecirc;ter, de vouloir faire le tour de la terre.<br />Seule enfin... ou presque. J'avais avec moi ma charrette...amie ou ennemie?<br />Je me disais, je le saurai plus tard... je n'avais toujours pas eu le temps de r&eacute;aliser ce que j'&eacute;tais sur le point de commencer.<br /><br />Jour n&deg;7 :<br />J'&eacute;tais sous un petit arbre juste assez grand pour me donner de l'ombre... les moustiques de la Selenge River m'ont mang&eacute;e, d&eacute;vor&eacute;e, d&eacute;gust&eacute;e avec l'id&eacute;e qu'elles en reprendraient bien encore un peu...<br />Apr&egrave;s 3 jours de tentative pour approcher la rivi&egrave;re, je m'&eacute;tais confront&eacute;e aux marais, &agrave; la v&eacute;g&eacute;tation dense, mais surtout &agrave; des arbres qui ont subi les temp&ecirc;tes d'hiver. Ils &eacute;taient partout, ils jonchaient &agrave; moiti&eacute; le sol, certains &eacute;taient coup&eacute;s &agrave; mis-hauteur. J'avais m&ecirc;me abandonn&eacute; ma charrette derri&egrave;re moi quelques heures, pour voir si une progression sans elle &eacute;tait possible. Puis j'avais pens&eacute; au radeau en bois que j'aurais pu faire avec tout ces arbres qui &eacute;taient autour de moi... malheureusement le courant n'allait pas dans le bon sens. Je m'&eacute;tais retrouv&eacute;e devant un cas de figure o&ugrave; je devais abandonner le r&ecirc;ve de p&ecirc;cher et de manger du poisson. Je devais donc me s&eacute;parer de mon mat&eacute;riel incroyable de p&ecirc;che tout neuf... snif.<br />Je devais r&eacute;agir imm&eacute;diatement... changer tout mon tracer et partir via les montagnes.<br /><br />Jour n&deg;10 :<br />Les montagnes m'ont donn&eacute; leur beaut&eacute; sauvage. J'y ai rencontr&eacute; chevreuils, li&egrave;vres, &eacute;cureuils, serpents et quelques bergers solitaires. La montagne m'a fait suer, certains jours je n'avan&ccedil;ais que de 4 &agrave; 5 km pour 6 heures de mont&eacute;e en poussant ma charrette charg&eacute;e au maximum d'eau. Des parterres de fleurs multicolores se tendaient et me regardaient pour recevoir une petite caresse comme pour me faire oublier l'effort.<br /><br />Tout cela &eacute;tait bien l&agrave; pour une raison... j'avais oubli&eacute; ce que c'est d'attendre que le soleil descende 6 heures sous un arbre. J'avais oubli&eacute; de regarder le vent jouer avec les gramin&eacute;es...<br />L'instant pr&eacute;sent m'est arriv&eacute; en pleine peau avec le vent.<br />Sous un bapt&ecirc;me de gouttes de sueur fra&icirc;che, ma peau de nomade est r&eacute;apparue et l'&eacute;nergie du mouvement me rendit fille de cette terre une fois de plus...<br />&nbsp;<br />Sarah de Mongolie<br />P.S. Ecrit et transmit par email de Erdenet.</p>]]></metadata>
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<p><strong>Le 20 juin 2010</strong>: un d&eacute;part sous un soleil de plomb (36 degr&eacute;s). J'&eacute;tais &agrave; la fronti&egrave;re Sib&eacute;rienne-Mongole. Les gens avaient cette mixte Russo-Mongole que l'ont d&eacute;tecte instantan&eacute;ment par cette rudesse des gestes, du regard, des corps secs et muscl&eacute;s. (Rien &agrave; voir avec les Mongoles que j'ai pu voir &agrave; Ulaanbaatar.) Les cubes b&eacute;tonn&eacute;s rempla&ccedil;aient la rondeur des gers, les rues &eacute;taient larges, quelques badauds se sont retourn&eacute;s sur notre passage. J'&eacute;tais dans une 4x4 avec Gerry Lee et l'&eacute;quipe de logistique de Mongolian Expeditions. Le point de d&eacute;part n'&eacute;tait pas loin. Soudain au contour d'un chemin cahoteux un paysan au ventre nu et bien rond nous faisait des gestes de loin et nous criait des mots qui s'apparentaient &agrave; un mauvais tirage au jeu de scrabble avec plein de "yxkuz ..." Il y avait un grand manque de voyelles. Aussit&ocirc;t notre chauffeur avait r&eacute;agit et s'&eacute;tait approch&eacute;. L'homme au ventre rond et ses 2 comp&egrave;res s'&eacute;taient approch&eacute;s un peu trop pr&egrave;s du marais o&ugrave; ils avaient l'intention d'en extraire la bonne terre fertile. Alors, nous avons remorqu&eacute; la vieille camionnette aux &eacute;cailles bleues ciel. Heureux, leurs petits yeux brillaient de joie et ils secouaient la t&ecirc;te en signe de remerciement... Et voil&agrave; que le vrai d&eacute;part pouvait commencer.<br />Quelques heures plus tard j'&eacute;tais devant une plaine qui avait l'air de ne pas s'arr&ecirc;ter, de vouloir faire le tour de la terre.<br />Seule enfin... ou presque. J'avais avec moi ma charrette...amie ou ennemie?<br />Je me disais, je le saurai plus tard... je n'avais toujours pas eu le temps de r&eacute;aliser ce que j'&eacute;tais sur le point de commencer.</p>
<p>Jour n&deg;7 :<br />J'&eacute;tais sous un petit arbre juste assez grand pour me donner de l'ombre... les moustiques de la Selenge River m'ont mang&eacute;e, d&eacute;vor&eacute;e, d&eacute;gust&eacute;e avec l'id&eacute;e qu'elles en reprendraient bien encore un peu...<br />Apr&egrave;s 3 jours de tentative pour approcher la rivi&egrave;re, je m'&eacute;tais confront&eacute;e aux marais, &agrave; la v&eacute;g&eacute;tation dense, mais surtout &agrave; des arbres qui ont subi les temp&ecirc;tes d'hiver. Ils &eacute;taient partout, ils jonchaient &agrave; moiti&eacute; le sol, certains &eacute;taient coup&eacute;s &agrave; mis-hauteur. J'avais m&ecirc;me abandonn&eacute; ma charrette derri&egrave;re moi quelques heures, pour voir si une progression sans elle &eacute;tait possible. Puis j'avais pens&eacute; au radeau en bois que j'aurais pu faire avec tout ces arbres qui &eacute;taient autour de moi... malheureusement le courant n'allait pas dans le bon sens. Je m'&eacute;tais retrouv&eacute;e devant un cas de figure o&ugrave; je devais abandonner le r&ecirc;ve de p&ecirc;cher et de manger du poisson. Je devais donc me s&eacute;parer de mon mat&eacute;riel incroyable de p&ecirc;che tout neuf... snif.<br />Je devais r&eacute;agir imm&eacute;diatement... changer tout mon tracer et partir via les montagnes.</p>
<p>Jour n&deg;10 :<br />Les montagnes m'ont donn&eacute; leur beaut&eacute; sauvage. J'y ai rencontr&eacute; chevreuils, li&egrave;vres, &eacute;cureuils, serpents et quelques bergers solitaires. La montagne m'a fait suer, certains jours je n'avan&ccedil;ais que de 4 &agrave; 5 km pour 6 heures de mont&eacute;e en poussant ma charrette charg&eacute;e au maximum d'eau. Des parterres de fleurs multicolores se tendaient et me regardaient pour recevoir une petite caresse comme pour me faire oublier l'effort.</p>
<p>Tout cela &eacute;tait bien l&agrave; pour une raison... j'avais oubli&eacute; ce que c'est d'attendre que le soleil descende 6 heures sous un arbre. J'avais oubli&eacute; de regarder le vent jouer avec les gramin&eacute;es...<br />L'instant pr&eacute;sent m'est arriv&eacute; en pleine peau avec le vent.<br />Sous un bapt&ecirc;me de gouttes de sueur fra&icirc;che, ma peau de nomade est r&eacute;apparue et l'&eacute;nergie du mouvement me rendit fille de cette terre une fois de plus...<br />&nbsp;<br />Sarah de Mongolie<br />P.S. Ecrit et transmit par email de Erdenet.</p>
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<p>Apr&egrave;s deux ans de pr&eacute;paration, les bagages &eacute;taient enfin pr&ecirc;ts et nous &eacute;tions pr&ecirc;tes &agrave; quitter la Suisse.<br /><br />Avant le lev&eacute; du jour nous &eacute;tions en route pour l'a&eacute;roport pour d&eacute;coller vers l'Australie avec tout le mat&eacute;riel d'exp&eacute;dition &agrave; Sarah.<br /><br />&nbsp;Nous avions besoin de se procurer toutes les cartes topographiques n&eacute;cessaire &agrave; la travers&eacute;e de l'Australie du nord au sud en passant par le centre du pays: l'&eacute;tape final de son voyage... une &eacute;norme exp&eacute;dition en elle-m&ecirc;me!<br /><br />Les gens sont toujours stup&eacute;faits et n'y croient pas quand Sarah raconte sont incroyable petite marche du nord au sud... mais comme toujours Sarah dit: &laquo;&nbsp;Un pas apr&egrave;s l'autre j'y arriverai.&nbsp;&raquo; (En passant, avec chaque minute qui file elle devient de plus en plus grincheuse et sauvage. Il est absolument temps qu'elle y aille. Je ne serais pas surprise si elle se fait un d&eacute;part pr&eacute;matur&eacute; en douce).<br /><br />Une t&acirc;che qui avait &eacute;t&eacute; ajout&eacute; &agrave; mes responsabilit&eacute; &eacute;tait d'aider Sarah a prendre du poids (j'esp&egrave;re que ces quelques kilos suppl&eacute;mentaire lui seront utile en traversant l'Himalaya). &Eacute;tant une amateur de bonne bouffe j'ai trouv&eacute; cette t&acirc;che assez simple. Aucun repas n'a &eacute;t&eacute; saut&eacute; et du cake pour les quatre heures &eacute;tait un &laquo;&nbsp;must&nbsp;&raquo;. Je crois que je vais aussi devoir faire un peu de marche en rentrant en Suisse... ha, ha, ha! Son fameux et bien-aim&eacute; pote &agrave; quatre patte, Joe, va m'aider avec &ccedil;a. Je suis contente de dire que prendre soin de lui fait aussi partie du mes responsabilit&eacute;s.<br /><br />Nous avons atterri &agrave; Darwin, c'est par l&agrave; que Sarah va entrer en Australie. Nous avons trouv&eacute; un magasin g&eacute;nial d'&eacute;quipement de camping qui s'appelle NT General Store. L&agrave; nous avons achet&eacute; quelques derni&egrave;res articles et&nbsp; nous nous sommes renseign&eacute;es sur o&ugrave; trouver des cartes topographiques.<br /><br />Nous nous sommes mises en route pour Cullen Bay qui avait l'aire tr&egrave;s petit n'ayant que quelques restaurants et magasins. Apr&egrave;s un peu de recherche et un caf&eacute; latt&eacute; plus loin, Nous sommes tomb&eacute;es sur le magasin de cartes et une jeune fille qui avait r&eacute;cemment commenc&eacute; &agrave; travailler l&agrave;. Lentement mais s&ucirc;rement chaque carte topographique dont nous avions besoin a &eacute;t&eacute; plac&eacute; sur le comptoir et nous sommes reparties avec toutes les cartes requises pour le territoire nord de l'Australie.<br /><br />Ensuite Sarah s'est redirig&eacute; vers Perth pour acheter les cartes pour la partie sud de l'Australie et une petite th&eacute;i&egrave;re (mat&eacute;riel d'exp&eacute;dition essentiel pour elle) qui pour l'instant a &eacute;t&eacute; la gal&egrave;re &agrave; trouver. Pendant ce temps je suis rest&eacute;e &agrave; Darwin pour essayer de trouver un moyen pour faire Indon&eacute;sie-Darwin &agrave; la voile. <br /><br />La mission &agrave; Sarah a &eacute;t&eacute; un succ&egrave;s. Elle a r&eacute;ussie &agrave; d&eacute;gotter ce qui a sembl&eacute; &ecirc;tre la derni&egrave;re th&eacute;i&egrave;re de Perth et les cartes pour le sud.<br /><br />Pas de succ&egrave;s de mon c&ocirc;t&eacute;. Il est impossible de trouver un chemin maritime d'Indon&eacute;sie &agrave; Darwin. Les recherches que j'avais fait depuis la Suisse n'ont r&eacute;v&eacute;l&eacute;es qu'un seul bateau &agrave; crevettes qui va de Darwin &agrave; East Timor. Les entreprises de transport ne prennent pas de passagers et les yachts qui vont d'Indon&eacute;sie &agrave; Darwin appliquent de fortes tarifs de quarantaine et d'inspections douani&egrave;res. Alors pour cette mission c'est retour &agrave; la case de d&eacute;part.<br /><br />Par contre j'ai d&eacute;couvert quelques faits int&eacute;ressants au sujet du territoire nord de l'Australie et que Sarah va d&eacute;couvrir plus tard. En plus du &laquo;&nbsp;wonderful wildlife&nbsp;&raquo; typique d'Australie... i.e. Serpents, araign&eacute;es, etc, etc, elle va aussi devoir faire face aux habitants peu accueillants du coin: des CROCODILES, quelques cyclones et &laquo;&nbsp;feux de bush&nbsp;&raquo; (contr&ocirc;l&eacute;s)!!!!! Je ne sais pas quel genre de tour de magie elle cache dans sa manche, mais on va bien le d&eacute;couvrir n'est-ce-pas?&nbsp; :)<br /><br />Je suis retourn&eacute;e &agrave; Perth le lendemain. Ensemble nous avons vol&eacute; &agrave; Beijing et ensuite jusqu'en Mongolie.<br /><br />Alors nous sommes de nouveau en Mongolie et heureusement cette fois il fait un bon et agr&eacute;able 20&deg; plut&ocirc;t que les -32&deg; de notre premi&egrave;re visite. Nous avons encore beaucoup d'organisation et de planning &agrave; faire pendant que nous sommes l&agrave;. Aujourd'hui nous allons &agrave; l'Immigration Mongolien pour prolonger le visa &agrave; Sarah.<br /><br />Plus que trois jours avant le d&eacute;part de Sarah....... elle est pr&ecirc;te &agrave; rejoindre celle qu'elle est vraiment..... de laisser son &acirc;me toucher la terre et marcher...</p>]]></metadata>
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<p>Apr&egrave;s deux ans de pr&eacute;paration, les bagages &eacute;taient enfin pr&ecirc;ts et nous &eacute;tions pr&ecirc;tes &agrave; quitter la Suisse.</p>
<p>Avant le lev&eacute; du jour nous &eacute;tions en route pour l'a&eacute;roport pour d&eacute;coller vers l'Australie avec tout le mat&eacute;riel d'exp&eacute;dition &agrave; Sarah.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Nous avions besoin de se procurer toutes les cartes topographiques n&eacute;cessaire &agrave; la travers&eacute;e de l'Australie du nord au sud en passant par le centre du pays: l'&eacute;tape final de son voyage... une &eacute;norme exp&eacute;dition en elle-m&ecirc;me!</p>
<p>Les gens sont toujours stup&eacute;faits et n'y croient pas quand Sarah raconte sont incroyable petite marche du nord au sud... mais comme toujours Sarah dit: &laquo;&nbsp;Un pas apr&egrave;s l'autre j'y arriverai.&nbsp;&raquo; (En passant, avec chaque minute qui file elle devient de plus en plus grincheuse et sauvage. Il est absolument temps qu'elle y aille. Je ne serais pas surprise si elle se fait un d&eacute;part pr&eacute;matur&eacute; en douce).</p>
<p>Une t&acirc;che qui avait &eacute;t&eacute; ajout&eacute; &agrave; mes responsabilit&eacute; &eacute;tait d'aider Sarah a prendre du poids (j'esp&egrave;re que ces quelques kilos suppl&eacute;mentaire lui seront utile en traversant l'Himalaya). &Eacute;tant une amateur de bonne bouffe j'ai trouv&eacute; cette t&acirc;che assez simple. Aucun repas n'a &eacute;t&eacute; saut&eacute; et du cake pour les quatre heures &eacute;tait un &laquo;&nbsp;must&nbsp;&raquo;. Je crois que je vais aussi devoir faire un peu de marche en rentrant en Suisse... ha, ha, ha! Son fameux et bien-aim&eacute; pote &agrave; quatre patte, Joe, va m'aider avec &ccedil;a. Je suis contente de dire que prendre soin de lui fait aussi partie du mes responsabilit&eacute;s.</p>
<p>Nous avons atterri &agrave; Darwin, c'est par l&agrave; que Sarah va entrer en Australie. Nous avons trouv&eacute; un magasin g&eacute;nial d'&eacute;quipement de camping qui s'appelle NT General Store. L&agrave; nous avons achet&eacute; quelques derni&egrave;res articles et&nbsp; nous nous sommes renseign&eacute;es sur o&ugrave; trouver des cartes topographiques.</p>
<p>Nous nous sommes mises en route pour Cullen Bay qui avait l'aire tr&egrave;s petit n'ayant que quelques restaurants et magasins. Apr&egrave;s un peu de recherche et un caf&eacute; latt&eacute; plus loin, Nous sommes tomb&eacute;es sur le magasin de cartes et une jeune fille qui avait r&eacute;cemment commenc&eacute; &agrave; travailler l&agrave;. Lentement mais s&ucirc;rement chaque carte topographique dont nous avions besoin a &eacute;t&eacute; plac&eacute; sur le comptoir et nous sommes reparties avec toutes les cartes requises pour le territoire nord de l'Australie.</p>
<p>Ensuite Sarah s'est redirig&eacute; vers Perth pour acheter les cartes pour la partie sud de l'Australie et une petite th&eacute;i&egrave;re (mat&eacute;riel d'exp&eacute;dition essentiel pour elle) qui pour l'instant a &eacute;t&eacute; la gal&egrave;re &agrave; trouver. Pendant ce temps je suis rest&eacute;e &agrave; Darwin pour essayer de trouver un moyen pour faire Indon&eacute;sie-Darwin &agrave; la voile. </p>
<p>La mission &agrave; Sarah a &eacute;t&eacute; un succ&egrave;s. Elle a r&eacute;ussie &agrave; d&eacute;gotter ce qui a sembl&eacute; &ecirc;tre la derni&egrave;re th&eacute;i&egrave;re de Perth et les cartes pour le sud.</p>
<p>Pas de succ&egrave;s de mon c&ocirc;t&eacute;. Il est impossible de trouver un chemin maritime d'Indon&eacute;sie &agrave; Darwin. Les recherches que j'avais fait depuis la Suisse n'ont r&eacute;v&eacute;l&eacute;es qu'un seul bateau &agrave; crevettes qui va de Darwin &agrave; East Timor. Les entreprises de transport ne prennent pas de passagers et les yachts qui vont d'Indon&eacute;sie &agrave; Darwin appliquent de fortes tarifs de quarantaine et d'inspections douani&egrave;res. Alors pour cette mission c'est retour &agrave; la case de d&eacute;part.</p>
<p>Par contre j'ai d&eacute;couvert quelques faits int&eacute;ressants au sujet du territoire nord de l'Australie et que Sarah va d&eacute;couvrir plus tard. En plus du &laquo;&nbsp;wonderful wildlife&nbsp;&raquo; typique d'Australie... i.e. Serpents, araign&eacute;es, etc, etc, elle va aussi devoir faire face aux habitants peu accueillants du coin: des CROCODILES, quelques cyclones et &laquo;&nbsp;feux de bush&nbsp;&raquo; (contr&ocirc;l&eacute;s)!!!!! Je ne sais pas quel genre de tour de magie elle cache dans sa manche, mais on va bien le d&eacute;couvrir n'est-ce-pas?&nbsp; :)</p>
<p>Je suis retourn&eacute;e &agrave; Perth le lendemain. Ensemble nous avons vol&eacute; &agrave; Beijing et ensuite jusqu'en Mongolie.</p>
<p>Alors nous sommes de nouveau en Mongolie et heureusement cette fois il fait un bon et agr&eacute;able 20&deg; plut&ocirc;t que les -32&deg; de notre premi&egrave;re visite. Nous avons encore beaucoup d'organisation et de planning &agrave; faire pendant que nous sommes l&agrave;. Aujourd'hui nous allons &agrave; l'Immigration Mongolien pour prolonger le visa &agrave; Sarah.</p>
<p>Plus que trois jours avant le d&eacute;part de Sarah....... elle est pr&ecirc;te &agrave; rejoindre celle qu'elle est vraiment..... de laisser son &acirc;me toucher la terre et marcher...</p>
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<p>Apr&egrave;s deux ans de pr&eacute;paration, les bagages &eacute;taient enfin pr&ecirc;ts et nous &eacute;tions pr&ecirc;tes &agrave; quitter la Suisse.<br /><br />Avant le lev&eacute; du jour nous &eacute;tions en route pour l'a&eacute;roport pour d&eacute;coller vers l'Australie avec tout le mat&eacute;riel d'exp&eacute;dition &agrave; Sarah.<br /><br />&nbsp;Nous avions besoin de se procurer toutes les cartes topographiques n&eacute;cessaire &agrave; la travers&eacute;e de l'Australie du nord au sud en passant par le centre du pays: l'&eacute;tape final de son voyage... une &eacute;norme exp&eacute;dition en elle-m&ecirc;me!<br /><br />Les gens sont toujours stup&eacute;faits et n'y croient pas quand Sarah raconte sont incroyable petite marche du nord au sud... mais comme toujours Sarah dit: &laquo;&nbsp;Un pas apr&egrave;s l'autre j'y arriverai.&nbsp;&raquo; (En passant, avec chaque minute qui file elle devient de plus en plus grincheuse et sauvage. Il est absolument temps qu'elle y aille. Je ne serais pas surprise si elle se fait un d&eacute;part pr&eacute;matur&eacute; en douce).<br /><br />Une t&acirc;che qui avait &eacute;t&eacute; ajout&eacute; &agrave; mes responsabilit&eacute; &eacute;tait d'aider Sarah a prendre du poids (j'esp&egrave;re que ces quelques kilos suppl&eacute;mentaire lui seront utile en traversant l'Himalaya). &Eacute;tant une amateur de bonne bouffe j'ai trouv&eacute; cette t&acirc;che assez simple. Aucun repas n'a &eacute;t&eacute; saut&eacute; et du cake pour les quatre heures &eacute;tait un &laquo;&nbsp;must&nbsp;&raquo;. Je crois que je vais aussi devoir faire un peu de marche en rentrant en Suisse... ha, ha, ha! Son fameux et bien-aim&eacute; pote &agrave; quatre patte, Joe, va m'aider avec &ccedil;a. Je suis contente de dire que prendre soin de lui fait aussi partie du mes responsabilit&eacute;s.<br /><br />Nous avons atterri &agrave; Darwin, c'est par l&agrave; que Sarah va entrer en Australie. Nous avons trouv&eacute; un magasin g&eacute;nial d'&eacute;quipement de camping qui s'appelle NT General Store. L&agrave; nous avons achet&eacute; quelques derni&egrave;res articles et&nbsp; nous nous sommes renseign&eacute;es sur o&ugrave; trouver des cartes topographiques.<br /><br />Nous nous sommes mises en route pour Cullen Bay qui avait l'aire tr&egrave;s petit n'ayant que quelques restaurants et magasins. Apr&egrave;s un peu de recherche et un caf&eacute; latt&eacute; plus loin, Nous sommes tomb&eacute;es sur le magasin de cartes et une jeune fille qui avait r&eacute;cemment commenc&eacute; &agrave; travailler l&agrave;. Lentement mais s&ucirc;rement chaque carte topographique dont nous avions besoin a &eacute;t&eacute; plac&eacute; sur le comptoir et nous sommes reparties avec toutes les cartes requises pour le territoire nord de l'Australie.<br /><br />Ensuite Sarah s'est redirig&eacute; vers Perth pour acheter les cartes pour la partie sud de l'Australie et une petite th&eacute;i&egrave;re (mat&eacute;riel d'exp&eacute;dition essentiel pour elle) qui pour l'instant a &eacute;t&eacute; la gal&egrave;re &agrave; trouver. Pendant ce temps je suis rest&eacute;e &agrave; Darwin pour essayer de trouver un moyen pour faire Indon&eacute;sie-Darwin &agrave; la voile. <br /><br />La mission &agrave; Sarah a &eacute;t&eacute; un succ&egrave;s. Elle a r&eacute;ussie &agrave; d&eacute;gotter ce qui a sembl&eacute; &ecirc;tre la derni&egrave;re th&eacute;i&egrave;re de Perth et les cartes pour le sud.<br /><br />Pas de succ&egrave;s de mon c&ocirc;t&eacute;. Il est impossible de trouver un chemin maritime d'Indon&eacute;sie &agrave; Darwin. Les recherches que j'avais fait depuis la Suisse n'ont r&eacute;v&eacute;l&eacute;es qu'un seul bateau &agrave; crevettes qui va de Darwin &agrave; East Timor. Les entreprises de transport ne prennent pas de passagers et les yachts qui vont d'Indon&eacute;sie &agrave; Darwin appliquent de fortes tarifs de quarantaine et d'inspections douani&egrave;res. Alors pour cette mission c'est retour &agrave; la case de d&eacute;part.<br /><br />Par contre j'ai d&eacute;couvert quelques faits int&eacute;ressants au sujet du territoire nord de l'Australie et que Sarah va d&eacute;couvrir plus tard. En plus du &laquo;&nbsp;wonderful wildlife&nbsp;&raquo; typique d'Australie... i.e. Serpents, araign&eacute;es, etc, etc, elle va aussi devoir faire face aux habitants peu accueillants du coin: des CROCODILES, quelques cyclones et &laquo;&nbsp;feux de bush&nbsp;&raquo; (contr&ocirc;l&eacute;s)!!!!! Je ne sais pas quel genre de tour de magie elle cache dans sa manche, mais on va bien le d&eacute;couvrir n'est-ce-pas?&nbsp; :)<br /><br />Je suis retourn&eacute;e &agrave; Perth le lendemain. Ensemble nous avons vol&eacute; &agrave; Beijing et ensuite jusqu'en Mongolie.<br /><br />Alors nous sommes de nouveau en Mongolie et heureusement cette fois il fait un bon et agr&eacute;able 20&deg; plut&ocirc;t que les -32&deg; de notre premi&egrave;re visite. Nous avons encore beaucoup d'organisation et de planning &agrave; faire pendant que nous sommes l&agrave;. Aujourd'hui nous allons &agrave; l'Immigration Mongolien pour prolonger le visa &agrave; Sarah.<br /><br />Plus que trois jours avant le d&eacute;part de Sarah....... elle est pr&ecirc;te &agrave; rejoindre celle qu'elle est vraiment..... de laisser son &acirc;me toucher la terre et marcher...</p>]]></metadata>
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<p>Apr&egrave;s deux ans de pr&eacute;paration, les bagages &eacute;taient enfin pr&ecirc;ts et nous &eacute;tions pr&ecirc;tes &agrave; quitter la Suisse.</p>
<p>Avant le lev&eacute; du jour nous &eacute;tions en route pour l'a&eacute;roport pour d&eacute;coller vers l'Australie avec tout le mat&eacute;riel d'exp&eacute;dition &agrave; Sarah.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Nous avions besoin de se procurer toutes les cartes topographiques n&eacute;cessaire &agrave; la travers&eacute;e de l'Australie du nord au sud en passant par le centre du pays: l'&eacute;tape final de son voyage... une &eacute;norme exp&eacute;dition en elle-m&ecirc;me!</p>
<p>Les gens sont toujours stup&eacute;faits et n'y croient pas quand Sarah raconte sont incroyable petite marche du nord au sud... mais comme toujours Sarah dit: &laquo;&nbsp;Un pas apr&egrave;s l'autre j'y arriverai.&nbsp;&raquo; (En passant, avec chaque minute qui file elle devient de plus en plus grincheuse et sauvage. Il est absolument temps qu'elle y aille. Je ne serais pas surprise si elle se fait un d&eacute;part pr&eacute;matur&eacute; en douce).</p>
<p>Une t&acirc;che qui avait &eacute;t&eacute; ajout&eacute; &agrave; mes responsabilit&eacute; &eacute;tait d'aider Sarah a prendre du poids (j'esp&egrave;re que ces quelques kilos suppl&eacute;mentaire lui seront utile en traversant l'Himalaya). &Eacute;tant une amateur de bonne bouffe j'ai trouv&eacute; cette t&acirc;che assez simple. Aucun repas n'a &eacute;t&eacute; saut&eacute; et du cake pour les quatre heures &eacute;tait un &laquo;&nbsp;must&nbsp;&raquo;. Je crois que je vais aussi devoir faire un peu de marche en rentrant en Suisse... ha, ha, ha! Son fameux et bien-aim&eacute; pote &agrave; quatre patte, Joe, va m'aider avec &ccedil;a. Je suis contente de dire que prendre soin de lui fait aussi partie du mes responsabilit&eacute;s.</p>
<p>Nous avons atterri &agrave; Darwin, c'est par l&agrave; que Sarah va entrer en Australie. Nous avons trouv&eacute; un magasin g&eacute;nial d'&eacute;quipement de camping qui s'appelle NT General Store. L&agrave; nous avons achet&eacute; quelques derni&egrave;res articles et&nbsp; nous nous sommes renseign&eacute;es sur o&ugrave; trouver des cartes topographiques.</p>
<p>Nous nous sommes mises en route pour Cullen Bay qui avait l'aire tr&egrave;s petit n'ayant que quelques restaurants et magasins. Apr&egrave;s un peu de recherche et un caf&eacute; latt&eacute; plus loin, Nous sommes tomb&eacute;es sur le magasin de cartes et une jeune fille qui avait r&eacute;cemment commenc&eacute; &agrave; travailler l&agrave;. Lentement mais s&ucirc;rement chaque carte topographique dont nous avions besoin a &eacute;t&eacute; plac&eacute; sur le comptoir et nous sommes reparties avec toutes les cartes requises pour le territoire nord de l'Australie.</p>
<p>Ensuite Sarah s'est redirig&eacute; vers Perth pour acheter les cartes pour la partie sud de l'Australie et une petite th&eacute;i&egrave;re (mat&eacute;riel d'exp&eacute;dition essentiel pour elle) qui pour l'instant a &eacute;t&eacute; la gal&egrave;re &agrave; trouver. Pendant ce temps je suis rest&eacute;e &agrave; Darwin pour essayer de trouver un moyen pour faire Indon&eacute;sie-Darwin &agrave; la voile. </p>
<p>La mission &agrave; Sarah a &eacute;t&eacute; un succ&egrave;s. Elle a r&eacute;ussie &agrave; d&eacute;gotter ce qui a sembl&eacute; &ecirc;tre la derni&egrave;re th&eacute;i&egrave;re de Perth et les cartes pour le sud.</p>
<p>Pas de succ&egrave;s de mon c&ocirc;t&eacute;. Il est impossible de trouver un chemin maritime d'Indon&eacute;sie &agrave; Darwin. Les recherches que j'avais fait depuis la Suisse n'ont r&eacute;v&eacute;l&eacute;es qu'un seul bateau &agrave; crevettes qui va de Darwin &agrave; East Timor. Les entreprises de transport ne prennent pas de passagers et les yachts qui vont d'Indon&eacute;sie &agrave; Darwin appliquent de fortes tarifs de quarantaine et d'inspections douani&egrave;res. Alors pour cette mission c'est retour &agrave; la case de d&eacute;part.</p>
<p>Par contre j'ai d&eacute;couvert quelques faits int&eacute;ressants au sujet du territoire nord de l'Australie et que Sarah va d&eacute;couvrir plus tard. En plus du &laquo;&nbsp;wonderful wildlife&nbsp;&raquo; typique d'Australie... i.e. Serpents, araign&eacute;es, etc, etc, elle va aussi devoir faire face aux habitants peu accueillants du coin: des CROCODILES, quelques cyclones et &laquo;&nbsp;feux de bush&nbsp;&raquo; (contr&ocirc;l&eacute;s)!!!!! Je ne sais pas quel genre de tour de magie elle cache dans sa manche, mais on va bien le d&eacute;couvrir n'est-ce-pas?&nbsp; :)</p>
<p>Je suis retourn&eacute;e &agrave; Perth le lendemain. Ensemble nous avons vol&eacute; &agrave; Beijing et ensuite jusqu'en Mongolie.</p>
<p>Alors nous sommes de nouveau en Mongolie et heureusement cette fois il fait un bon et agr&eacute;able 20&deg; plut&ocirc;t que les -32&deg; de notre premi&egrave;re visite. Nous avons encore beaucoup d'organisation et de planning &agrave; faire pendant que nous sommes l&agrave;. Aujourd'hui nous allons &agrave; l'Immigration Mongolien pour prolonger le visa &agrave; Sarah.</p>
<p>Plus que trois jours avant le d&eacute;part de Sarah....... elle est pr&ecirc;te &agrave; rejoindre celle qu'elle est vraiment..... de laisser son &acirc;me toucher la terre et marcher...</p>
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<p>After two years of preparation we we&rsquo;re at last all packed and ready to leave Switzerland.<br /><br />We headed to the airport for Australia before sunrise with all Sarah&rsquo;s expedition gear.<br /><br />We needed to get all the topographic maps that Sarah will require for the final leg of her journey.&nbsp; Starting from the top end of Australia to the bottom tip all the way through the centre of Australia&hellip;.a huge expedition in itself&nbsp;!<br /><br />People are still amazed and do not believe Sarah when she tells them about her incredible little walk&nbsp;from North to South&hellip;&hellip; but as Sarah always says &lsquo;one step after another I will get there.&rsquo;&nbsp; (By the way she&rsquo;s getting crankier and wilder by the minute so I think it&rsquo;s definately time for her to go now.&nbsp; I wouldn&rsquo;t be suprised if she sneaks off early)<br /><br />Another task that was added to my job description was to help Sarah to gain some weight (I hope them few extra kilograms will help her when she has to cross the Himalayas).&nbsp; I found this quite easy being a food lover myself so no meals were skipped and afternoon tea and cake was a must.&nbsp; I think I may have to do some walking myself when I return to Switzerland&hellip;..ha ha ha.&nbsp; Her famous and beloved four legged friend Joe will help me with that one as I am happy to say that caring for him is also on my job description.<br /><br />We flew to Darwin where Sarah will enter Australia.&nbsp; We found an amazing outdoor/camping shop called NT General Store and we bought a last few supplies and enquired where we could get topographic maps.<br /><br />We headed to Cullen Bay which looked very small with just a few restaurants and shops.&nbsp; After a little searching and a cafe latte later we found the map shop and a young girl who had only just starting working there.&nbsp; Slowly but surely though each topographic map we needed was placed on the counter and we left with all the maps we needed of the Northern Territory of Australia.<br /><br />Sarah then headed back to Perth to buy the remainder of the maps for the Southern part of Australia and a small teapot (essential expedition equipment for her) that we have struggled to find anywhere whilst I remained in Darwin to see if I could find a way to sail from Indonesia to Darwin.&nbsp; <br /><br />Sarah was successful in her mission and managed to find what seemed like the last teapot in Perth and all the remainder of the maps of the Southern part of Australia.<br /><br />I was not so successful and it proved impossible to find a way to get from Indonesia to Darwin by sea.&nbsp; The research I had done back home had found only one shrimp boat that goes from Darwin to East Timor.&nbsp; The shipping companies do not take passengers and the yatchs that sail from Indonesia to Darwin face a hefty quarantine and customs inspection and fee.&nbsp; So it&rsquo;s back to the drawing board on that one.<br /><br />I did however find out some interesting facts about the Northern Territory of Australia that Sarah has yet to discover.&nbsp; Apart from the usual &lsquo;wonderful wildlife&rsquo; of Autsralia&hellip;.i.e. venomous snakes, spiders etc etc she will also have to deal with the not so friendly locals&hellip;..CROCODILES, the odd cyclone and bush fires (controlled)&nbsp;!!!!!&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t know what kind of magic trick she has up her sleeve for those but we will know in due time&nbsp;<br /><br />I headed back to Perth the next day and then we both flew to Beijing and then onto Mongolia.&nbsp; <br /><br />So we are now back in Mongolia, fortunately this time it&rsquo;s a warm and pleasant&nbsp; 20 degrees unlike the &ndash;32 degrees&nbsp; we experienced the last time we came.&nbsp; We still have lots of organisation and planning to do whilst we are here.&nbsp; Today we are going to head to the Mongolian Immigration to extend Sarah&rsquo;s visa.<br /><br />There is now only 3 days before Sarah&rsquo;s departure&hellip;&hellip;.she is ready to go back to who she really is&hellip;&hellip;.to let her soul touch the earth and go walking&hellip;&hellip;.</p>]]></metadata>
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<p>After two years of preparation we we&rsquo;re at last all packed and ready to leave Switzerland.</p>
<p>We headed to the airport for Australia before sunrise with all Sarah&rsquo;s expedition gear.</p>
<p>We needed to get all the topographic maps that Sarah will require for the final leg of her journey.&nbsp; Starting from the top end of Australia to the bottom tip all the way through the centre of Australia&hellip;.a huge expedition in itself&nbsp;!</p>
<p>People are still amazed and do not believe Sarah when she tells them about her incredible little walk&nbsp;from North to South&hellip;&hellip; but as Sarah always says &lsquo;one step after another I will get there.&rsquo;&nbsp; (By the way she&rsquo;s getting crankier and wilder by the minute so I think it&rsquo;s definately time for her to go now.&nbsp; I wouldn&rsquo;t be suprised if she sneaks off early)</p>
<p>Another task that was added to my job description was to help Sarah to gain some weight (I hope them few extra kilograms will help her when she has to cross the Himalayas).&nbsp; I found this quite easy being a food lover myself so no meals were skipped and afternoon tea and cake was a must.&nbsp; I think I may have to do some walking myself when I return to Switzerland&hellip;..ha ha ha.&nbsp; Her famous and beloved four legged friend Joe will help me with that one as I am happy to say that caring for him is also on my job description.</p>
<p>We flew to Darwin where Sarah will enter Australia.&nbsp; We found an amazing outdoor/camping shop called NT General Store and we bought a last few supplies and enquired where we could get topographic maps.</p>
<p>We headed to Cullen Bay which looked very small with just a few restaurants and shops.&nbsp; After a little searching and a cafe latte later we found the map shop and a young girl who had only just starting working there.&nbsp; Slowly but surely though each topographic map we needed was placed on the counter and we left with all the maps we needed of the Northern Territory of Australia.</p>
<p>Sarah then headed back to Perth to buy the remainder of the maps for the Southern part of Australia and a small teapot (essential expedition equipment for her) that we have struggled to find anywhere whilst I remained in Darwin to see if I could find a way to sail from Indonesia to Darwin.&nbsp; </p>
<p>Sarah was successful in her mission and managed to find what seemed like the last teapot in Perth and all the remainder of the maps of the Southern part of Australia.</p>
<p>I was not so successful and it proved impossible to find a way to get from Indonesia to Darwin by sea.&nbsp; The research I had done back home had found only one shrimp boat that goes from Darwin to East Timor.&nbsp; The shipping companies do not take passengers and the yatchs that sail from Indonesia to Darwin face a hefty quarantine and customs inspection and fee.&nbsp; So it&rsquo;s back to the drawing board on that one.</p>
<p>I did however find out some interesting facts about the Northern Territory of Australia that Sarah has yet to discover.&nbsp; Apart from the usual &lsquo;wonderful wildlife&rsquo; of Autsralia&hellip;.i.e. venomous snakes, spiders etc etc she will also have to deal with the not so friendly locals&hellip;..CROCODILES, the odd cyclone and bush fires (controlled)&nbsp;!!!!!&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t know what kind of magic trick she has up her sleeve for those but we will know in due time&nbsp;</p>
<p>I headed back to Perth the next day and then we both flew to Beijing and then onto Mongolia.&nbsp; </p>
<p>So we are now back in Mongolia, fortunately this time it&rsquo;s a warm and pleasant&nbsp; 20 degrees unlike the &ndash;32 degrees&nbsp; we experienced the last time we came.&nbsp; We still have lots of organisation and planning to do whilst we are here.&nbsp; Today we are going to head to the Mongolian Immigration to extend Sarah&rsquo;s visa.</p>
<p>There is now only 3 days before Sarah&rsquo;s departure&hellip;&hellip;.she is ready to go back to who she really is&hellip;&hellip;.to let her soul touch the earth and go walking&hellip;&hellip;.</p>
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<p>After two years of preparation we we&rsquo;re at last all packed and ready to leave Switzerland.<br /><br />We headed to the airport for Australia before sunrise with all Sarah&rsquo;s expedition gear.<br /><br />We needed to get all the topographic maps that Sarah will require for the final leg of her journey.&nbsp; Starting from the top end of Australia to the bottom tip all the way through the centre of Australia&hellip;.a huge expedition in itself&nbsp;!<br /><br />People are still amazed and do not believe Sarah when she tells them about her incredible little walk&nbsp;from North to South&hellip;&hellip; but as Sarah always says &lsquo;one step after another I will get there.&rsquo;&nbsp; (By the way she&rsquo;s getting crankier and wilder by the minute so I think it&rsquo;s definately time for her to go now.&nbsp; I wouldn&rsquo;t be suprised if she sneaks off early)<br /><br />Another task that was added to my job description was to help Sarah to gain some weight (I hope them few extra kilograms will help her when she has to cross the Himalayas).&nbsp; I found this quite easy being a food lover myself so no meals were skipped and afternoon tea and cake was a must.&nbsp; I think I may have to do some walking myself when I return to Switzerland&hellip;..ha ha ha.&nbsp; Her famous and beloved four legged friend Joe will help me with that one as I am happy to say that caring for him is also on my job description.<br /><br />We flew to Darwin where Sarah will enter Australia.&nbsp; We found an amazing outdoor/camping shop called NT General Store and we bought a last few supplies and enquired where we could get topographic maps.<br /><br />We headed to Cullen Bay which looked very small with just a few restaurants and shops.&nbsp; After a little searching and a cafe latte later we found the map shop and a young girl who had only just starting working there.&nbsp; Slowly but surely though each topographic map we needed was placed on the counter and we left with all the maps we needed of the Northern Territory of Australia.<br /><br />Sarah then headed back to Perth to buy the remainder of the maps for the Southern part of Australia and a small teapot (essential expedition equipment for her) that we have struggled to find anywhere whilst I remained in Darwin to see if I could find a way to sail from Indonesia to Darwin.&nbsp; <br /><br />Sarah was successful in her mission and managed to find what seemed like the last teapot in Perth and all the remainder of the maps of the Southern part of Australia.<br /><br />I was not so successful and it proved impossible to find a way to get from Indonesia to Darwin by sea.&nbsp; The research I had done back home had found only one shrimp boat that goes from Darwin to East Timor.&nbsp; The shipping companies do not take passengers and the yatchs that sail from Indonesia to Darwin face a hefty quarantine and customs inspection and fee.&nbsp; So it&rsquo;s back to the drawing board on that one.<br /><br />I did however find out some interesting facts about the Northern Territory of Australia that Sarah has yet to discover.&nbsp; Apart from the usual &lsquo;wonderful wildlife&rsquo; of Autsralia&hellip;.i.e. venomous snakes, spiders etc etc she will also have to deal with the not so friendly locals&hellip;..CROCODILES, the odd cyclone and bush fires (controlled)&nbsp;!!!!!&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t know what kind of magic trick she has up her sleeve for those but we will know in due time&nbsp;<br /><br />I headed back to Perth the next day and then we both flew to Beijing and then onto Mongolia.&nbsp; <br /><br />So we are now back in Mongolia, fortunately this time it&rsquo;s a warm and pleasant&nbsp; 20 degrees unlike the &ndash;32 degrees&nbsp; we experienced the last time we came.&nbsp; We still have lots of organisation and planning to do whilst we are here.&nbsp; Today we are going to head to the Mongolian Immigration to extend Sarah&rsquo;s visa.<br /><br />There is now only 3 days before Sarah&rsquo;s departure&hellip;&hellip;.she is ready to go back to who she really is&hellip;&hellip;.to let her soul touch the earth and go walking&hellip;&hellip;.</p>]]></metadata>
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<p>After two years of preparation we we&rsquo;re at last all packed and ready to leave Switzerland.</p>
<p>We headed to the airport for Australia before sunrise with all Sarah&rsquo;s expedition gear.</p>
<p>We needed to get all the topographic maps that Sarah will require for the final leg of her journey.&nbsp; Starting from the top end of Australia to the bottom tip all the way through the centre of Australia&hellip;.a huge expedition in itself&nbsp;!</p>
<p>People are still amazed and do not believe Sarah when she tells them about her incredible little walk&nbsp;from North to South&hellip;&hellip; but as Sarah always says &lsquo;one step after another I will get there.&rsquo;&nbsp; (By the way she&rsquo;s getting crankier and wilder by the minute so I think it&rsquo;s definately time for her to go now.&nbsp; I wouldn&rsquo;t be suprised if she sneaks off early)</p>
<p>Another task that was added to my job description was to help Sarah to gain some weight (I hope them few extra kilograms will help her when she has to cross the Himalayas).&nbsp; I found this quite easy being a food lover myself so no meals were skipped and afternoon tea and cake was a must.&nbsp; I think I may have to do some walking myself when I return to Switzerland&hellip;..ha ha ha.&nbsp; Her famous and beloved four legged friend Joe will help me with that one as I am happy to say that caring for him is also on my job description.</p>
<p>We flew to Darwin where Sarah will enter Australia.&nbsp; We found an amazing outdoor/camping shop called NT General Store and we bought a last few supplies and enquired where we could get topographic maps.</p>
<p>We headed to Cullen Bay which looked very small with just a few restaurants and shops.&nbsp; After a little searching and a cafe latte later we found the map shop and a young girl who had only just starting working there.&nbsp; Slowly but surely though each topographic map we needed was placed on the counter and we left with all the maps we needed of the Northern Territory of Australia.</p>
<p>Sarah then headed back to Perth to buy the remainder of the maps for the Southern part of Australia and a small teapot (essential expedition equipment for her) that we have struggled to find anywhere whilst I remained in Darwin to see if I could find a way to sail from Indonesia to Darwin.&nbsp; </p>
<p>Sarah was successful in her mission and managed to find what seemed like the last teapot in Perth and all the remainder of the maps of the Southern part of Australia.</p>
<p>I was not so successful and it proved impossible to find a way to get from Indonesia to Darwin by sea.&nbsp; The research I had done back home had found only one shrimp boat that goes from Darwin to East Timor.&nbsp; The shipping companies do not take passengers and the yatchs that sail from Indonesia to Darwin face a hefty quarantine and customs inspection and fee.&nbsp; So it&rsquo;s back to the drawing board on that one.</p>
<p>I did however find out some interesting facts about the Northern Territory of Australia that Sarah has yet to discover.&nbsp; Apart from the usual &lsquo;wonderful wildlife&rsquo; of Autsralia&hellip;.i.e. venomous snakes, spiders etc etc she will also have to deal with the not so friendly locals&hellip;..CROCODILES, the odd cyclone and bush fires (controlled)&nbsp;!!!!!&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t know what kind of magic trick she has up her sleeve for those but we will know in due time&nbsp;</p>
<p>I headed back to Perth the next day and then we both flew to Beijing and then onto Mongolia.&nbsp; </p>
<p>So we are now back in Mongolia, fortunately this time it&rsquo;s a warm and pleasant&nbsp; 20 degrees unlike the &ndash;32 degrees&nbsp; we experienced the last time we came.&nbsp; We still have lots of organisation and planning to do whilst we are here.&nbsp; Today we are going to head to the Mongolian Immigration to extend Sarah&rsquo;s visa.</p>
<p>There is now only 3 days before Sarah&rsquo;s departure&hellip;&hellip;.she is ready to go back to who she really is&hellip;&hellip;.to let her soul touch the earth and go walking&hellip;&hellip;.</p>
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<p>Sarah's training regime has now been greatly intensified as her departure date rapidly approaches. Only 70 days to go now!!! &nbsp;So how is Sarah feeling? Well it's difficult to work that one out at the moment and to even keep her in one place long enough to ask her! All I know is that she is up at 4am everyday and then running about all over the place until way into the evening. Greg and I are busy working away like little bees in the background. On the few occassions when Sarah is here I just make that I get my priorities right and she always has a cup of tea in her hand.</p>
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<p>Sarah's training regime has now been greatly intensified as her departure date rapidly approaches. Only 70 days to go now!!! &nbsp;So how is Sarah feeling? Well it's difficult to work that one out at the moment and to even keep her in one place long enough to ask her! All I know is that she is up at 4am everyday and then running about all over the place until way into the evening. Greg and I are busy working away like little bees in the background. On the few occassions when Sarah is here I just make that I get my priorities right and she always has a cup of tea in her hand.</p>
<p>D'Joe is in great shape following a couple of visits to a lovely osteopath he is looking amazing. In fact, he appears to be getting younger every day <img src="http://mail.yimg.com/a/i/mesg/tsmileys2/04.gif" alt="" /></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">With only&nbsp;<strong>109 days</strong>&nbsp;left before Sarah&rsquo;s departure date the pressure is on and we are busier than ever!</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">We had a great press conference on the 18</span><span style="font: 7.3px 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">&nbsp;February and we&rsquo;ve had lots of encouragement, really positive feedback and some great articles about Sarah&rsquo;s expedition.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">We&rsquo;re doing one of Sarah&rsquo;s favourite parts of preparing for an expedition, which is deciding and getting all the gear she is going to need.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a pretty big task and obviously extremely important.&nbsp; We have to the check the climate and terrain etc for each country Sarah is travelling through and determine what gear she is going to require for each re-supply point.&nbsp; By this time next week her house will be invaded by boots, tents, sleeping bags, jackets, stoves, pants, tops, hats, gloves.........</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Sarah is now well into her training regime which is going really well as her body and mind prepare for what lies ahead!</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Still it&rsquo;s all very exciting and she is very much looking forward to returning to her favourite lifestyle where she blends with nature&rsquo;s moods and rhythms. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">As Sarah would put it &ldquo;the wind is calling me....&rdquo;</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">With only&nbsp;<strong>109 days</strong>&nbsp;left before Sarah&rsquo;s departure date the pressure is on and we are busier than ever!</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">We had a great press conference on the 18</span><span style="font: 7.3px 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">&nbsp;February and we&rsquo;ve had lots of encouragement, really positive feedback and some great articles about Sarah&rsquo;s expedition.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">We&rsquo;re doing one of Sarah&rsquo;s favourite parts of preparing for an expedition, which is deciding and getting all the gear she is going to need.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a pretty big task and obviously extremely important.&nbsp; We have to the check the climate and terrain etc for each country Sarah is travelling through and determine what gear she is going to require for each re-supply point.&nbsp; By this time next week her house will be invaded by boots, tents, sleeping bags, jackets, stoves, pants, tops, hats, gloves.........</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Sarah is now well into her training regime which is going really well as her body and mind prepare for what lies ahead!</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Still it&rsquo;s all very exciting and she is very much looking forward to returning to her favourite lifestyle where she blends with nature&rsquo;s moods and rhythms. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">As Sarah would put it &ldquo;the wind is calling me....&rdquo;</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">With only&nbsp;<strong>109 days</strong>&nbsp;left before Sarah&rsquo;s departure date the pressure is on and we are busier than ever!</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">We had a great press conference on the 18</span><span style="font: 7.3px 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">&nbsp;February and we&rsquo;ve had lots of encouragement, really positive feedback and some great articles about Sarah&rsquo;s expedition.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">We&rsquo;re doing one of Sarah&rsquo;s favourite parts of preparing for an expedition, which is deciding and getting all the gear she is going to need.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a pretty big task and obviously extremely important.&nbsp; We have to the check the climate and terrain etc for each country Sarah is travelling through and determine what gear she is going to require for each re-supply point.&nbsp; By this time next week her house will be invaded by boots, tents, sleeping bags, jackets, stoves, pants, tops, hats, gloves.........</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Sarah is now well into her training regime which is going really well as her body and mind prepare for what lies ahead!</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Still it&rsquo;s all very exciting and she is very much looking forward to returning to her favourite lifestyle where she blends with nature&rsquo;s moods and rhythms. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">As Sarah would put it &ldquo;the wind is calling me....&rdquo;</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">With only&nbsp;<strong>109 days</strong>&nbsp;left before Sarah&rsquo;s departure date the pressure is on and we are busier than ever!</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">We had a great press conference on the 18</span><span style="font: 7.3px 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">&nbsp;February and we&rsquo;ve had lots of encouragement, really positive feedback and some great articles about Sarah&rsquo;s expedition.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Sarah is now well into her training regime which is going really well as her body and mind prepare for what lies ahead!</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Still it&rsquo;s all very exciting and she is very much looking forward to returning to her favourite lifestyle where she blends with nature&rsquo;s moods and rhythms. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">As Sarah would put it &ldquo;the wind is calling me....&rdquo;</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Today we took a trip out into the Mongolian countryside with a guide, Byambaa and headed south east of Ulaanbaatar. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We left the hustle and bustle of the city and before long we were surrounded by snow covered mountains, vast open plains and the eternal blue sky of Mongolia.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We had an amazing day and our guide was overflowing with invaluable information and advice.&nbsp; The driver didn&rsquo;t speak English so now and again he would chatter away in Mongolian.&nbsp; I have never heard a language like it and the Mongolian pronunciation is really difficult. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As described by Tim Severin, travel writer -&nbsp; &ldquo;...like two cats coughing and spitting at each other until one finally throws up.&rdquo; &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We saw horses, camels and herders all going about their daily lives in the brutal -32⁰C.&nbsp; I only took of my gloves for a couple of minutes to take some pictures and I can honestly say I have never felt cold like that!&nbsp; It took a good ten minutes for my hands and arms to feel alive again.&nbsp; You have to be pretty tough to get through a Mongolian winter.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;Mongolia truly is an exhilarating and invigorating place to visit.&nbsp; The hospitality of the people is really heat-warming too.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m already looking forward to our return.......</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We left the hustle and bustle of the city and before long we were surrounded by snow covered mountains, vast open plains and the eternal blue sky of Mongolia.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We had an amazing day and our guide was overflowing with invaluable information and advice.&nbsp; The driver didn&rsquo;t speak English so now and again he would chatter away in Mongolian.&nbsp; I have never heard a language like it and the Mongolian pronunciation is really difficult. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As described by Tim Severin, travel writer -&nbsp; &ldquo;...like two cats coughing and spitting at each other until one finally throws up.&rdquo; &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We saw horses, camels and herders all going about their daily lives in the brutal -32⁰C.&nbsp; I only took of my gloves for a couple of minutes to take some pictures and I can honestly say I have never felt cold like that!&nbsp; It took a good ten minutes for my hands and arms to feel alive again.&nbsp; You have to be pretty tough to get through a Mongolian winter.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;Mongolia truly is an exhilarating and invigorating place to visit.&nbsp; The hospitality of the people is really heat-warming too.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m already looking forward to our return.......</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We left the hustle and bustle of the city and before long we were surrounded by snow covered mountains, vast open plains and the eternal blue sky of Mongolia.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We had an amazing day and our guide was overflowing with invaluable information and advice.&nbsp; The driver didn&rsquo;t speak English so now and again he would chatter away in Mongolian.&nbsp; I have never heard a language like it and the Mongolian pronunciation is really difficult. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As described by Tim Severin, travel writer -&nbsp; &ldquo;...like two cats coughing and spitting at each other until one finally throws up.&rdquo; &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We saw horses, camels and herders all going about their daily lives in the brutal -32⁰C.&nbsp; I only took of my gloves for a couple of minutes to take some pictures and I can honestly say I have never felt cold like that!&nbsp; It took a good ten minutes for my hands and arms to feel alive again.&nbsp; You have to be pretty tough to get through a Mongolian winter.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;Mongolia truly is an exhilarating and invigorating place to visit.&nbsp; The hospitality of the people is really heat-warming too.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m already looking forward to our return.......</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We left the hustle and bustle of the city and before long we were surrounded by snow covered mountains, vast open plains and the eternal blue sky of Mongolia.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We had an amazing day and our guide was overflowing with invaluable information and advice.&nbsp; The driver didn&rsquo;t speak English so now and again he would chatter away in Mongolian.&nbsp; I have never heard a language like it and the Mongolian pronunciation is really difficult. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As described by Tim Severin, travel writer -&nbsp; &ldquo;...like two cats coughing and spitting at each other until one finally throws up.&rdquo; &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We saw horses, camels and herders all going about their daily lives in the brutal -32⁰C.&nbsp; I only took of my gloves for a couple of minutes to take some pictures and I can honestly say I have never felt cold like that!&nbsp; It took a good ten minutes for my hands and arms to feel alive again.&nbsp; You have to be pretty tough to get through a Mongolian winter.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;Mongolia truly is an exhilarating and invigorating place to visit.&nbsp; The hospitality of the people is really heat-warming too.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m already looking forward to our return.......</span></p>
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				<p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;Today we left the hotel to be greeted by a bitter -31⁰C temperature so with rosy red cheeks and chilly noses we headed for the map shop. &nbsp;</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;Today we left the hotel to be greeted by a bitter -31⁰C temperature so with rosy red cheeks and chilly noses we headed for the map shop. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We had read that it would be difficult to obtain topographic maps in Mongolia but that this was the best place to find them.&nbsp; We were advised that we would probably not be able to get all the maps we required so we were thrilled when as if by magic, map after map began to appear on the counter. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We were so happy and so to celebrate our success we headed for Millie&rsquo;s Cafe which is a popular destination for ex-pats and tourists.&nbsp; After a latte and some amazing lentil soup, we eventually began to warm up. &nbsp;</span></p>
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<p>Sain baina uu (hello) from Mongolia &ndash; the Land of Blue Sky</p>
<p>When we got to the airport in Mongolia we had to assist a young Chinese guy who either couldn&rsquo;t read the arrival card or couldn&rsquo;t write. Sarah filled out the form for him and with a smile of relief and chattering away to us in Chinese he was able to pass without a hitch through immigration.</p>
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<p>Sain baina uu (hello) from Mongolia &ndash; the Land of Blue Sky</p>
<p>When we got to the airport in Mongolia we had to assist a young Chinese guy who either couldn&rsquo;t read the arrival card or couldn&rsquo;t write. Sarah filled out the form for him and with a smile of relief and chattering away to us in Chinese he was able to pass without a hitch through immigration.</p>
<p>We left the airport with our big Mongolian taxi driver who was so strong that he was able to carry our entire luggage by himself to the awaiting car. Mongolia welcomed us with a bitter -24, snow and an overwhelming vastness.</p>
<p>Before we headed for our hotel we made a pit stop at the local petrol station where the driver left us in the car and the engine running whilst he re-fuelled!!!</p>
<p>On the way to the hotel the driver sang along to the local radio station whilst Sarah filmed the passing scenery. We caught a tiny glimpse of the surrounding s and the mountains before heading for the city of Ulaanbaatar.</p>
<p>The hotel is a little bit like Faulty Towers for those of you who&rsquo;ve watched the TV show. The people are lovely though and really friendly.</p>
<p>As with China trying to find any topographic maps here is a real struggle.</p>
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<p>Sain baina uu (hello) from Mongolia &ndash; the Land of Blue Sky</p>
<p>When we got to the airport in Mongolia we had to assist a young Chinese guy who either couldn&rsquo;t read the arrival card or couldn&rsquo;t write. Sarah filled out the form for him and with a smile of relief and chattering away to us in Chinese he was able to pass without a hitch through immigration.</p>
<p>We left the airport with our big Mongolian taxi driver who was so strong that he was able to carry our entire luggage by himself to the awaiting car. Mongolia welcomed us with a bitter -24, snow and an overwhelming vastness.</p>
<p>Before we headed for our hotel we made a pit stop at the local petrol station where the driver left us in the car and the engine running whilst he re-fuelled!!!</p>
<p>On the way to the hotel the driver sang along to the local radio station whilst Sarah filmed the passing scenery. We caught a tiny glimpse of the surrounding s and the mountains before heading for the city of Ulaanbaatar.</p>
<p>The hotel is a little bit like Faulty Towers for those of you who&rsquo;ve watched the TV show. The people are lovely though and really friendly.</p>
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<p>Sain baina uu (hello) from Mongolia &ndash; the Land of Blue Sky</p>
<p>When we got to the airport in Mongolia we had to assist a young Chinese guy who either couldn&rsquo;t read the arrival card or couldn&rsquo;t write. Sarah filled out the form for him and with a smile of relief and chattering away to us in Chinese he was able to pass without a hitch through immigration.</p>
<p>We left the airport with our big Mongolian taxi driver who was so strong that he was able to carry our entire luggage by himself to the awaiting car. Mongolia welcomed us with a bitter -24, snow and an overwhelming vastness.</p>
<p>Before we headed for our hotel we made a pit stop at the local petrol station where the driver left us in the car and the engine running whilst he re-fuelled!!!</p>
<p>On the way to the hotel the driver sang along to the local radio station whilst Sarah filmed the passing scenery. We caught a tiny glimpse of the surrounding s and the mountains before heading for the city of Ulaanbaatar.</p>
<p>The hotel is a little bit like Faulty Towers for those of you who&rsquo;ve watched the TV show. The people are lovely though and really friendly.</p>
<p>As with China trying to find any topographic maps here is a real struggle.</p>
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<p>I arrived in Beijing to a freezing dark day with lots and lots of snow, which is pretty unusual for here. How the plane landed I do not know. You really couldn&rsquo;t see a thing! After a treacherous taxi ride I arrived safely at my hotel. I was more than relieved when the taxi driver decided against trying to drive up the very steep hill at the side of the hotel. Sarah was already there so we had our usual cup of tea and a catch up ?</p>
<p>The next day we went to the Forbidden City where the Chinese Emperor used to live with his hundreds of concubines. Each evening the Emperor would choose one lucky lady to share his bed. His trusted unics would undress and bathe her then wrap her tightly in white silk (this way she could hide no weapons). She was then carried into the Emperor&rsquo;s bedroom and placed on the floor where she had to escape her silk prison, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon and crawl along the floor into his bed. She must remain beneath him at all times to show her submission. Once the act was over and depending on how he felt it went, the Emperor would decide whether or not to give the woman herbs to destroy any possibility of conception or allow the pregnancy to continue.</p>
<p>Today we wrapped ourselves up in our own makeshift cocoons (enormous, yellow arctic jackets) and headed for the Great Wall of China. We may look silly but damn they&rsquo;re warm and we certainly needed them.  It was a freezing cold -10 day and The Great Wall of China was covered in snow like a slice of iced cake. However, we had an almost cloudless, beautiful blue sky and lots of sunshine. It was even more spectacular than I could ever have imagined. It was a truly unforgettable experience.</p>
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<p>I arrived in Beijing to a freezing dark day with lots and lots of snow, which is pretty unusual for here. How the plane landed I do not know. You really couldn&rsquo;t see a thing! After a treacherous taxi ride I arrived safely at my hotel. I was more than relieved when the taxi driver decided against trying to drive up the very steep hill at the side of the hotel. Sarah was already there so we had our usual cup of tea and a catch up ?</p>
<p>The next day we went to the Forbidden City where the Chinese Emperor used to live with his hundreds of concubines. Each evening the Emperor would choose one lucky lady to share his bed. His trusted unics would undress and bathe her then wrap her tightly in white silk (this way she could hide no weapons). She was then carried into the Emperor&rsquo;s bedroom and placed on the floor where she had to escape her silk prison, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon and crawl along the floor into his bed. She must remain beneath him at all times to show her submission. Once the act was over and depending on how he felt it went, the Emperor would decide whether or not to give the woman herbs to destroy any possibility of conception or allow the pregnancy to continue.</p>
<p>Today we wrapped ourselves up in our own makeshift cocoons (enormous, yellow arctic jackets) and headed for the Great Wall of China. We may look silly but damn they&rsquo;re warm and we certainly needed them.  It was a freezing cold -10 day and The Great Wall of China was covered in snow like a slice of iced cake. However, we had an almost cloudless, beautiful blue sky and lots of sunshine. It was even more spectacular than I could ever have imagined. It was a truly unforgettable experience.</p>
<p>Tomorrow we are heading for pastures new.........Mongolia..........back soon.......</p>
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<p>I arrived in Beijing to a freezing dark day with lots and lots of snow, which is pretty unusual for here. How the plane landed I do not know. You really couldn&rsquo;t see a thing! After a treacherous taxi ride I arrived safely at my hotel. I was more than relieved when the taxi driver decided against trying to drive up the very steep hill at the side of the hotel. Sarah was already there so we had our usual cup of tea and a catch up ?</p>
<p>The next day we went to the Forbidden City where the Chinese Emperor used to live with his hundreds of concubines. Each evening the Emperor would choose one lucky lady to share his bed. His trusted unics would undress and bathe her then wrap her tightly in white silk (this way she could hide no weapons). She was then carried into the Emperor&rsquo;s bedroom and placed on the floor where she had to escape her silk prison, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon and crawl along the floor into his bed. She must remain beneath him at all times to show her submission. Once the act was over and depending on how he felt it went, the Emperor would decide whether or not to give the woman herbs to destroy any possibility of conception or allow the pregnancy to continue.</p>
<p>Today we wrapped ourselves up in our own makeshift cocoons (enormous, yellow arctic jackets) and headed for the Great Wall of China. We may look silly but damn they&rsquo;re warm and we certainly needed them.  It was a freezing cold -10 day and The Great Wall of China was covered in snow like a slice of iced cake. However, we had an almost cloudless, beautiful blue sky and lots of sunshine. It was even more spectacular than I could ever have imagined. It was a truly unforgettable experience.</p>
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<p>I arrived in Beijing to a freezing dark day with lots and lots of snow, which is pretty unusual for here. How the plane landed I do not know. You really couldn&rsquo;t see a thing! After a treacherous taxi ride I arrived safely at my hotel. I was more than relieved when the taxi driver decided against trying to drive up the very steep hill at the side of the hotel. Sarah was already there so we had our usual cup of tea and a catch up ?</p>
<p>The next day we went to the Forbidden City where the Chinese Emperor used to live with his hundreds of concubines. Each evening the Emperor would choose one lucky lady to share his bed. His trusted unics would undress and bathe her then wrap her tightly in white silk (this way she could hide no weapons). She was then carried into the Emperor&rsquo;s bedroom and placed on the floor where she had to escape her silk prison, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon and crawl along the floor into his bed. She must remain beneath him at all times to show her submission. Once the act was over and depending on how he felt it went, the Emperor would decide whether or not to give the woman herbs to destroy any possibility of conception or allow the pregnancy to continue.</p>
<p>Today we wrapped ourselves up in our own makeshift cocoons (enormous, yellow arctic jackets) and headed for the Great Wall of China. We may look silly but damn they&rsquo;re warm and we certainly needed them.  It was a freezing cold -10 day and The Great Wall of China was covered in snow like a slice of iced cake. However, we had an almost cloudless, beautiful blue sky and lots of sunshine. It was even more spectacular than I could ever have imagined. It was a truly unforgettable experience.</p>
<p>Tomorrow we are heading for pastures new.........Mongolia..........back soon.......</p>
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