On #MTSobek: “Mongolia: Land of Dunes & Moonrises”

Lisa Niver slept in a ger: Mongolia: Land of Dunes & Moonrises

On #MTSobek: “Mongolia: Land of Dunes & Moonrises”

This article was a finalist for the Southern California Journalism Awards in Travel Reporting! Thank you to Mountain Travel Sobek for inviting me to write about my magnificent journey to Mongolia: When I decided to travel in Mongolia, I was excited to see the Gobi Desert but shocked during the trip that I was also … Continued

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Mongolia: Camels and the Nomadic Dung Fire

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Susan Fox from America. Thanks for your entry Susan! In July of 2010, on a two-week camping trip deep into the Mongolian countryside, we knew that our next destination, Orog Nuur, a remote Gobi lake once visited by Roy Chapman Andrews, … Continued

In Westside Today: Local Brentwood Science Teacher Does Good

Thank you to  Amy Sommer for her article in Westside Today! I will be on NATIONAL TELEVISION on Saturday September 29 on KTLA’s Career Day. The article begins: On Saturday, September 29, 2012 KTLA’s “Career Day” will invite viewers in to science teacher Lisa Niver Rajna’s classroom and see first hand how she inspires her … Continued

Nomads: All who wander are not lost (2)

Article first published as Nomads: All Who Wander Are Not Lost on Technorati. Our first career break involved wandering from Indonesia to Mongolia in 2008. George and I met online in 2007 and almost immediately started to travel. We were in Fiji after 6 months, and George asked me to join his life long dream … Continued

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