A slideshow of their trip in 2001 to Mongolia was shown.

Robin, who received his Geology PHD in Hobart, was nervous as they touched down in Beijing after seeing eight crashed planes on the tarmac. 

The conditions at the motel were poor and there were many Ovoos in the region.

Ovoos are large rock piles and according to their religious beliefs, a person must walk around the Ovoo three times before contributing to the pile.

They visited a deserted Monastery, complete with small Monk cells around the structure.

Wild animals had inhabited the building for many years so the Monastery is extremely run down.

Robin, Jenny and around 30 other people from around the world mostly slept in Gers with local families.

Gers are tents made from camel hair felt and wooden frames and they were warm and comfortable with a fire in the middle.

Fires were fuelled by dung, which was collected by the women.

Decorative furniture was common in the Gers and inhabitants lived a completely religious and nomadic lifestyle so Gers were assembled and dissembled frequently.

Animals are very important to the Mongolians.

Feeding time was very orderly, with sheep, goats and then camels being fed in that order each time and individual bowls of water given to each animal.

Quite a primitive lifestyle, water was collected from wells and goats were sheared by hand.

Yaks and horses were also important to the local people.

Buddhism prevailed and Russian was spoken.

The deserts are dry and desolate, the main roads, highways, were mere dirt tracks, with all roads eventually leading to the villages.

Villages have distinct Russian influences, as seen with the square buildings.

The backdrop of red flaming cliffs touched Jenny so much that she made a quilt featuring the landscape when she returned home.

Dinosaur bones were featured prominently over the mountains, with bones sticking out fairly frequently.

Dinosaur eggs were also well preserved and could be bought.

Temperatures averaged 36 degrees Celsius each day in summer and the nights could get as low as minus 50 degrees in winter.

Robin remembered the time he found scorpions under his bed when they were packing up, as well as snakes.

Although mining for oil, coal and iron ore, the country lacked infrastructure, calling themselves 'the land with no fences'.

The people have horse hair guitars-fiddles and throat singing was popular, jumping through fire while doing so.

Wrestling is Mongolia’s national sport and archery is also popular.

Robin and Jenny went 12 days without a proper shower and toilet ammeneties were primitive or non-existent.

Each person was rationed two litres of water each day for drinking and washing. 

An evocative country, Robin and Jenny both agreed that the people of Mongolia are amazingly beautiful.