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Published: April 1st 2008
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We arrived in Mongolia (still travelling on the train) after fairly long border crossings from Russia to Mongolia then another hour or so to enter Mongolia (We love Mongolia already, the people are so frendly, not like the Russians that never smile).
We arrived in Ulaanbaatar around 6.30am, but the cabin attendant got us all up around 4.30am for some strange reason, met our next Honcho Sana, who looked like a nutter or wide boy as Stu called him. He had a broken hand from fighting in the street (well so he said!)
We went to a square where a statue of Ghinggis Khaan stands which was quite impressive. Everywhere we have been so far Paran from our group is like a celebrity, The only reason we all thought it was because he was Indian they thought it was great, plus he was a tall lad with size 14 feet.
After the square we went to the Museum of Natural History, which was ok, more of a boys thing with the dinosaurs and bones.
We watched Mongolian wresting from 2-7pm, it was such good fun, there were around 256 entries and we watched until the very end,
some were really fat but some were lovely and buff - one for the girls defo! Stu picked out a wrestler to follow, he was fat with the biggest head I've ever seen and a massive gut, Stu named him Meat Head. He made it to the last 8, which was a fair effort for a fat boy!!
We had dinner at the Mongolian BBQ, which was SO nice, where you choose your own meat and have it cooked for you, 3 plates later we were full up!
Now the funny part of our Mongolian trip.... and yes it involves Stu.........
We all left the restaurant for the Irish pub down the road as the footie was on, stu and I was bursting for the loo so we said we would walk ahead, as we are walking Stu descides he cant hold it any longer and starts to pee up a metal fence, of course i am telling him not too but no he carries on... i then turn around as i see a policeman walking and now running towards us shouting, so i tell stu to stop mid flow.... we start to walk off as he
puts his arm on Stu's shoulder, he asks for passports, and tells stu to breath in a what looked like a torch, i am trying my best to explain we have been for a meal can't find our hostel only arrived this afternoon, he indicates to follow him, we walk to a wooden hut, where he locks up and meets his 13 year old girlfriend, whilst holding hands with her we are asking where is he taking us, we want our passport back, we then find ourselves in a chemist, where a drunk was lying on the floor with about 4 coppers around him, the policeman hands the passport over to another bloke, in the meantime the lady behind the counter speaks english and was telling us Stu had peed up the wall to the "Russian Embassy" of all flipping places! it seems ages but i am sure it was only 10mins we get the passport back and told to leave - phewwwww
It was a pint of Guiness for Stu and a large Vodka for me!
Ger Camp
The next day we went to the Ger Camp, which was just under 2 hours drive away the
weather was lovely,chilly but very sunny.
We stopped off in the middle of no where for the lads and Erin to play footie, England V the rest of the world. England won with a last minute penalty that Stu put away with style. (well it crawled under the keepers body and dribbled over the line!).
The Ger Camps were great fun, 4 beds around the edge with a small table and a wood burner in the middle which made the tent at times unbearably hot. The toilet were something to behold a battered tin shed with a pit dug out underneath and a stalagmite in each one NICE!! but when you've got to go!! we went for hikes around the local hills/mountains, Stu went horse ridding, the saddles looked quite painful, he looked the part though. but walked like John Wayne when he got off, more than normal anyway! He struggled to walk for a couple of days after!!
The food has been really good, cant complain about that, our last night was the bonfire, another Vodka train tour arrived today, so we got talking to them. Irish John thought it would be a good idea to
jump the bonfire with Sana, the first 2 attempts went well, until he thought it would be even better to do it naked, which at the time it was really funny to see a little white bum jumping over the fire, it wasnt until he landed on one of the sticks and twisted his ankle, john is now on cruches and has an ankle 3 times the size and is black as the ace of spades!
That same night Irish Scott got very drunk, starts to play fight stu but took a swing and brusied his forehead, Erin and I end up carrying him to bed, once everyone is settled to bed, the lads call us in to their Ger Tent, where they have wet shaved Scotts hair right down the middle and he is still fast asleep, they even put Fire Starter from Prodigy on really loud and Scott starts to nod his head listening to the music still out of it.
The next day, Scott looked quite ill, but had another beer but liked his hair!
We travelled back to UB for another Mongolian BBQ meal. We had a early morning departure for Beijing!
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Suzanne
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Great to hear from you both, especially as I've now given your mum the cheque for the car - sos for delay!! I'm sat at computer doing more school work and was really chuffed when I checked my emails to see your blog - good distraction. I haven't stopped laughing about Stu weeing up the Russian Embassy. You know what they say - You can take the boy outta Stevenage... Anyway, glad all is ok. Take care. Miss you loads. Suz and co XXXX