22 day Mongolia tour is for women7th to 28th August 2020 How do I describe the intense blueness of a Mongolian lake? Or the sheer expanse of an enormous valley; embellished by majestic mountains for a full 360 degree view? What is the feeling I experience as I immerse myself into a rustic rock pool; as the hot mineral rich waters swirl around my body? Or the ‘slowing down/grounded’ feeling that descends upon me as I spend time with warm … [Read more...]
A West African Border
Allen stops the truck amidst a billowing cloud of red dust. In Australia we call it; bull dust. Fine like talcum powder and it gets in everywhere; in the truck, in your clothes and in your ears, nose and mouth. It’s hot, intensely hot, unbelievably hot, 43C-45C and has been for weeks. Night time in the back of the truck is like sleeping in a slippery lather of salty body fluids, never cooling down below 35C; and people tell me, “Ah, but this … [Read more...]
Mongolia – Food Glorious Food
Rensina van Den Heuval regularly takes small trips to Mongolia - you can join her 24 August - 9 September 2019 this year More. Here she writes about food in Mongolia. Dumplings... Sitting in a teeny cafe in a Gobi desert town of Dalanzadgad, I see a very tall young Mongolian man saunter through the door. Everything about him is big. His presence, his walk and his traditional brown leather boots with pointy turned up toes. I am guessing … [Read more...]
Women’s Road Trip Australia
Rensina Van den Heuvel loves road trips - she has driven across Mongolia, Morocco, Africa, Europe and parts of Australia. Read about some of her road trips here In August Rensina is doing a trip to Mongolia - more about that here Now she is inviting women to join her on the budget road trip of a lifetime Brisbane in Queensland to Adelaide, to Alice Springs and returning to Brisbane. It will be a BYO car/camper/tentsShare … [Read more...]
Mongolia in July?
Rensina van Den Heuval loves Mongolia and invites you to join her in July this year for the trip of a lifetime... Mongolia is a magnificent country, the culture is intact and strong and her nomadic people are unique and special. Mongolia retains her wildness. Having spent a lot of time travelling across and exploring the countryside, I love to share it with other people who want to take a little time out of their faster paced western lives and … [Read more...]
West Coast of Africa
The West Coast of Africa is a place that I have dreamed of travelling in for a ‘lifetime’…but the opportunity never presented itself and I was always busy ‘doing’ other things. I have travelled in many countries now and as the world has changed a lot since my teenage dreams of it, Africa has waited. Rensina van den Heuvel writes: But I am 61 now and time waits for no one. As my overlander travelling partner, love of my life and treasured … [Read more...]
Walk with Camels
Rensina is once again heading overland. This time in Australia. "Just stay up on the wagon, hang on to the reins and hold the handbrake as well; in case they bolt," Debbie yelled at me as she attempted to control the two huge woolly beasts which she has just harnessed to the wagon which I am now standing on. Truth be known I was actually clinging on; in an elevated state of alert....not quite panic. My adrenaline levels hit a new high when … [Read more...]
Women To Women Empowerment Project Mongolia
Rensina van den Heuvel has traveled in Mongolia many times, and leads tours there (find out about upcoming trips here). This project is part of her desire to give back to the women she has met along the way. Read more about this below or more about her travels at Womens Travel Adventures Bags are for sale to raise funds for next years project: for small coin purses are from $6.50A phone bags are $6A medium bags (double passport size) are … [Read more...]
Rensina Overland – Part Two
This story continues with Rensina van den Heuvel traveling overland from Finland in an old Russian truck First part of the Story here Right now as I write this, we are parked on the edge of the Bay of Finland, outside Tallin in Estonia. There's just twenty metres or so to the water, so the view would be great except that the windows are fogged up and the sky is as grey as a slate floor. It's still wet, wet, wet and was bucketing down when we … [Read more...]
