Don Croner’ World Wide Wanders

Moving on quickly from Turpan to Ulaan Baatar but staying on the Silk Road theme I sauntered into the Silk Road Restaurant near the Choijin...

During the early 1920s Ekhiin Gol was one of the camps of the notorious lama-turned-bandit Dambijantsan, a.k.a. Dambija, Ja Lama, Aven...

Wandered out to Bayankhongor Aimag for a camel trip through the Gobi. Traveled 173 miles by camel in twelve days. Southern Bayankhongor Aima...

Shoko Asahara, once the leader of the leader of the 40,000 member-strong Aum Shinrikyo Cult in Japan, has a Date with a Noose : TOKYO — Japa...

The road leading away from Eej Khairkhan Uul We drive north from Eej Khairkhan Uul and begin to climb through desert steppe which ramps up t...

On the road to Eej Khairkhan Uul. The twin peaks of the mountain are just visible in the distance. Shelter at Eej Khairkhan Uul Near the she...

On March 6, 1925, the Roerich Expedition led by mystic, painter, occultist,  spy, arch-Aghartian-Shambhalist, and all-around intriguer Nicho...

Part of crowd of 5000 or so awaiting the appearance of the Dalai Lama in the National Stadium In this corner, from the Land of Snows, in the...

The Dalai Lama arrived in Ulaan Baatar on August 21. On August 22 he appeared in public at Gandan Monastery. Crowd awaiting the appearance ...

Tashchoimphel Temple at Gandan While at Gandan you might also want to visit Tashchoimphel Temple to see another Kalachakra-connected thangka...