I am working to put together the footage from the amazing Great Salmon Tour but struggling to find a way to translate and transcribe interviews from Mongolia. No way around it, I need to pay someone to do it. Please help me to get this done by donating a small (or large) sum or by …
Category Archive: Mongolia
Sep 22
Fishing for taimen in Mogolia
Since I am on a salmon tour, it is of course necessary to see the salmon. The Tributary Fund (TTF). which provided me with the support that made it possible for me to realize the Mongolia trip, partners with Sweetwater Travel in their conservation efforts. Sweetwater arrange for angling trips to the Eg-Uur watershed and …
Sep 20
Some thoughts on taimen conservation
The greatest obvious and direct threat to the taimen and lenok trout in Mongolia is gravel mining for gold. As far as I understood, mining for gold in Mongolia is the form practiced in the Northwest US a century ago. Basically the riverbed is dug up by large machinery and the gravel washed for gold …
Sep 20
Murun and the Eg-Uur Watershed
Back in the world of 24/7 wired connection after ten days without internet or cell phone. On September 7, I set out on my quest to see the taimen salmon in the Eg-Uur watershed and to find the cultural connection to these fish. The flight from UB to Murun went without complications and I was …
Sep 04
Day 50, Arrival Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Arriving at Ulaanbaatar from Croatia was a rather disappointment. After landing at the rather small airport, I paired up with another world traveler to hire a taxi to take us to a hostel. As usual the taxi driver took a phone call and told us that the place we wanted to go to was full, …