Author Archives: Doiggus Khan

About Doiggus Khan

Tom Doig is a writer, performer, editor and moron. Tom has been published in The Big Issue, Maxim and Voiceworks. His plays include "Survival of the Prettiest", "Hitlerhoff" and "Selling Ice to the Remains of the Eskimos". He has an MA in Hitler Comedy and is currently writing a PhD about climate change. "Mörön to Mörön: two men, two bikes, one Mongolian misadventure" is Tom's first book.

Day Twenty-Seven – some remote field, to … MORON!

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Doiggus Khan

“This isn’t a sugary drink place -it’s a scabhole” – Pugs I’m awake before sunrise, happy not to be vomiting, excited enough by the gorgeous light to set up the tripod and shoot a few seconds of footage, even though … Continue reading →

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Day Twenty-Six – remote ridgeline to the final remote field

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Doiggus Khan

My stomach feels a bit queasy, but not that bad, but not that good. I manage to sleep on and off till sometime in the middle of the night, at which point I struggle to open the tent. Tama stirs. … Continue reading →

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Day Twenty-Five – remote meadow to remote ridgeline, via an obscure town or two

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Doiggus Khan

The next morning, we ride past fields of stunning wildflowers in brilliant pink, some of the most Hans Christian Andersen flowers yet. Tama goes off to snap them while I do my morning bike yoga, and comes back reporting that … Continue reading →

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Day Twenty-Four – Terelj to a meadow lacking in bears

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Doiggus Khan

What a lush luxurious euro-breakfast of cheese and fresh warm milk and dutch quark, fried eggs and yeah almost like a holiday! It’s a good encouraging start to the day, we’re feeling good, ready to blaze trails east, make the … Continue reading →

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Day Twenty-three – UB to Terelj

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Doiggus Khan

The morning starts “early” (7am), with breakfast toast that the well-meaning, long-suffering LG Guesthouse girl prepared for us the night before, and left in a plastic bag outside our door. While Tama does some IT work on his iPhone, I … Continue reading →

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(rest day)

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Doiggus Khan

We met Batbot at the UB markets. He wanted our cellphone number. We give him our number. These are our correspondence: 5.58pm Batbot: How do you do good evening tomatom name bat 6.09pm Batbot: I am glad to meet you … Continue reading →

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Day Twenty-One – Bayanchandmani to UlaanBaatar

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Doiggus Khan

We make it back to the big city! A nice light breezy 66km jaunt south, our first two proper encounters with Mongolia’s fabled wild dogs (actually:overly pavlov’d dogs) who come fuming onto the highway snapping at my heels, I’m trying … Continue reading →

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Day Twenty – Bayangol to Bayanchandmani

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Doiggus Khan

(this is going to be short for now – there’s been a whole phalanx of Euro tourists through the hostel’s free internet, I haven’t been able to monopolise it as I’d like) As if to make up for being so … Continue reading →

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Day Nineteen – Orhon to the wrong side of the tracks, and beyond

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Doiggus Khan

“No such thing as a Mongolian shortcut” – Doiggus Khan In the morning we opt not to have a refreshing cow-dung swim, and roll out past stall after stall of picturesque peasants hawking big ugly smoked river fish, what species … Continue reading →

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Day Eighteen – Erdenet to a sandy mosquito-ridden field near Orhon

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Doiggus Khan

“Where my cheese at? Where my cheese at?” – Chinggis Pugs, 11am We roll out of Erdenet bright and early, remembering to dispose of all our nice hand-picked bush-weed (out of respect for the Mongolian police and the terrifying dungeon … Continue reading →

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