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Jeff Currier - Mongolia
"riverman" wrote in message ... On Nov 11, 10:17 pm, "asadi" wrote: Hmm, what search engine do you use? The cheapest flight from mid-US is Korean Air to Seoul, then Mongolian Air (MAOT or something like that) to Ulaanbaatar. Should be around $1500 from the US. Still, keep it in mind for another time... --riverman roughly, what are the dates??? john Looking at meeting in Ulaanbaatar around June 18, and departing around 10 days later. You considering it? :-) If we can get a trip of just flyfishers, then there's no 'social pressure' to make river miles, etc, and we can fish the river pretty intensely. --riverman www.kayak.com gives $2156 for June 1-23 |
Jeff Currier - Mongolia
On 11-Nov-2008, riverman wrote: Mongolia is both extremely tame and extremely beautiful. Imagine Alaska without the crowds. --riverman Sounds great ! It is on my lifetime agenda with Patagonia and a couple of rivers in Russia I recently had 2 people from Russia fish our lake they caught 3 4-5 lb rainbows ea They had smiles as wide as their faces They invited me to fish the Ponoi and a river in Siberia I will take them up on their offer Fred |
Jeff Currier - Mongolia
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:44:17 -0800 (PST), riverman
wrote: Looking at meeting in Ulaanbaatar around June 18, and departing around 10 days later. You considering it? :-) If we can get a trip of just flyfishers, then there's no 'social pressure' to make river miles, etc, and we can fish the river pretty intensely. Mmmmmm. That is prime Rapid River time. Any chance of moving it to later in June, or first of July? Also, Myron, what are you thinking about food? Where would we buy it? Are we using an outfitter? What about local logistics? Camping equipment? Water? Better yet, beer? d;o) Dave |
Jeff Currier - Mongolia
On Nov 12, 5:20*am, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:44:17 -0800 (PST), riverman wrote: Looking at meeting in Ulaanbaatar around June 18, and departing around 10 days later. You considering it? :-) If we can get a trip of just flyfishers, then there's no 'social pressure' to make river miles, etc, and we can fish the river pretty intensely. Mmmmmm. *That is prime Rapid River time. *Any chance of moving it to later in June, or first of July? Also, Myron, what are you thinking about food? *Where would we buy it? Are we using an outfitter? *What about local logistics? *Camping equipment? *Water? *Better yet, beer? *d;o) * Dave I'll research a later start, but as we get into early July, we enter the summer rainy season. The rivers tend to get blown out if its a wet summer (the rainy season only lasts 3-5 weeks). Since we're at the headwaters, we could layover for a few days to let it clear up, but the intensity and duration of the rains is unpredicatable, so we try to get out ahead of the season to ensure better weather and fishing. As for food: all that is taken care of! Since we are so far from any towns or shops (the nearest actual 'grocery store' is in Meron, about 400 miles away), the guides row a small baggage raft with staples like potatoes, onions, wheat flour, eggs, hunks of meat, etc. They prep each meal from scratch at camp...last year we had lots of baked/fried/ grilled meals, heavy on the red meat and starch, but very very tasty. There's no food management issues on these trips. Local guides handle ALL the logistics....we get off the plane in Ulaanbaatar, and get back on 10 days later, with everything in between taken care of. That includes interior flights, off-road transport, hotels at each end, etc. We drink river water: there is no point source of pollution upstream, but we also boil and filter water for those who are insecure. However, everyone (including SWMBO) drank river water last trip. Beer is available, plentiful, and very tasty. --riverman |
Jeff Currier - Mongolia
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:30:16 -0800 (PST), riverman
wrote: On Nov 12, 5:20*am, Dave LaCourse wrote: On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:44:17 -0800 (PST), riverman wrote: Looking at meeting in Ulaanbaatar around June 18, and departing around 10 days later. You considering it? :-) If we can get a trip of just flyfishers, then there's no 'social pressure' to make river miles, etc, and we can fish the river pretty intensely. Mmmmmm. *That is prime Rapid River time. *Any chance of moving it to later in June, or first of July? Also, Myron, what are you thinking about food? *Where would we buy it? Are we using an outfitter? *What about local logistics? *Camping equipment? *Water? *Better yet, beer? *d;o) * Dave I'll research a later start, but as we get into early July, we enter the summer rainy season. The rivers tend to get blown out if its a wet summer (the rainy season only lasts 3-5 weeks). Since we're at the headwaters, we could layover for a few days to let it clear up, but the intensity and duration of the rains is unpredicatable, so we try to get out ahead of the season to ensure better weather and fishing. As for food: all that is taken care of! Since we are so far from any towns or shops (the nearest actual 'grocery store' is in Meron, about 400 miles away), the guides row a small baggage raft with staples like potatoes, onions, wheat flour, eggs, hunks of meat, etc. They prep each meal from scratch at camp...last year we had lots of baked/fried/ grilled meals, heavy on the red meat and starch, but very very tasty. There's no food management issues on these trips. Local guides handle ALL the logistics....we get off the plane in Ulaanbaatar, and get back on 10 days later, with everything in between taken care of. That includes interior flights, off-road transport, hotels at each end, etc. We drink river water: there is no point source of pollution upstream, but we also boil and filter water for those who are insecure. However, everyone (including SWMBO) drank river water last trip. Beer is available, plentiful, and very tasty. --riverman Sounds like a winner. You have all bases covered. Count me in as a definate maybe (at this time). I will just have to sacrifice the last two weeks on the Rapid. d;o( Hey, that would pay for the airfare. Dave |
Jeff Currier - Mongolia
"riverman" wrote in message ... On Nov 11, 10:17 pm, "asadi" wrote: Hmm, what search engine do you use? The cheapest flight from mid-US is Korean Air to Seoul, then Mongolian Air (MAOT or something like that) to Ulaanbaatar. Should be around $1500 from the US. Still, keep it in mind for another time... --riverman roughly, what are the dates??? john Looking at meeting in Ulaanbaatar around June 18, and departing around 10 days later. You considering it? :-) If we can get a trip of just flyfishers, then there's no 'social pressure' to make river miles, etc, and we can fish the river pretty intensely. --riverman Kinda pricey but I'm kicking the idea around....searchin for tickets right now... john |
Jeff Currier - Mongolia
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