Mongolian woman continues international camel expedition to London on her own

Oyundelger 2018-01-22 02:01

Tourism & Nature

Mongolian adventure seeker Mrs Baigalmaa Norjmaa initiated “Steppes to the west” project to walk with the camels from Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia all the way to Europe.

Mongolian adventure seeker Mrs Baigalmaa Norjmaa initiated “Steppes to the west” project to walk with the camels from Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia all the way to Europe. They planned to travel through some of the most unimaginable terrains, tracing the old Silk Road passing 12,000 kilometres through 15 countries including Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Turkey for around three years of time. According to Baigalmaa, she was inspired to start the journey by one of her friends who travelled to Hungary from Mongolia by horse seven years ago and as it sounded quite impossible she would get discouraged easily when she tried to find partners to start her camel journey. The project then was agreed to be initiated after she met a world walker British ex-paratrooper Karl Bushby who had been on the road more than 18 years. Therefore, on October 29th, 2017 six travellers from the countries, including the UK, Brazil and the USA, set off the journey from the Sukhbaatar Square, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. However, as of today, unfortunately, the team members decided to quit after few days since the journey started. Karl Bushby, the co-founder of the project was the last traveller to leave Baigalmaa, after arriving in the western Bayankhongor province of Mongolia which locates around 640km away from the capital city. Even though there were some big challenges during the trip, she is carrying on her journey to London on her own with the help of kind locals and local policemen. Baigalmaa has been working in the Mongolian tourism field for around 10 years. Being born to a nomadic family in one of the wildest and western parts of Mongolia, she has grown to love adventure and is an avid mountain climber who has ascended almost all the peaks in Mongolia.