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ULAN BATOR
Climbing away from Ulan Bator.
DAY 10 - Suhbaator to Erlyan - 682 miles (total miles 6195)
May 14th 2006 Train : 'No.004' Moscow to Bejing (6th day on the train).
Its dawn over the Mongolian Steppes and the sun is starting to spill its light through the undulating hills onto the plateaus beyond and our winding route towards Mongolias capital, Ulan Bator. I see many Yurts on the hillsides, some of them secure in fenced enclosures possibly to keep wild animals away. The Yurt is the round rigid tent
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