Countries in Pictures – Travel Talk Series

Traveling to world’s ancient countries through talks and rich collections of pictures

 

MONGOLIA by Mr. Vincent WONG

Mongolia is an increasingly compelling travel destination, offering a unique blend of untouched nature, living history, and genuine adventure that's becoming rare to find. As the least densely populated country in the world, Mongolia offers vast open space with breath taking and very diverse landscape from sand dunes covered Gobi Desert to the glacier topped Altai Mountains and the pristine Lake Hövsgöl. The country's very rugged terrain shelters remarkable and rare wildlife like the Przewalski's horse, snow leopards, wild camels, gazelles and golden eagles. It is also paradise for palaeontologists being home for many dinosaur discoveries. Mongolia has a deep and profound history which traced back to the days of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Kahn. Although the empire had long disappeared, its vibrant culture remains as reflected by the many colourful festivals like the Naadam and the Golden Eagle Festival. The talk will try to explore all of the above followed by a virtual tour to some of the key tourist destinations.

 

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About the Speaker

Mr. Vincent WONG

‧       Graduated from HKU in physical Geography 1971

‧       MD Jardine Transport Services Group 1971-2000

‧       MD Kerry Logistics Group 2000-2009

‧       Fellow Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics

‧       Fellow Chartered Institute of Shipbrokers

‧       Lecturing Logistics as Adjunct Associate Professor at CUHK and Professor of Practice at PolyU.

‧     Visited over 100 countries including Antarctica, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Madagascar, Namibia, Botswana, Ethiopia, Iceland, Mexico, Galapagos, Mauritius, Easter Island, Chile, Ecuador, Canary Island, Azores Island plus many places in China such as Inner Mongolia and Qinghai. Acted as organiser and tour leader in many trips.

‧       Give talks regularly to members of the HK Geological Society and HK Mineralogy Society.

Registration form, registration deadline 5 October 2026.