Early morning departure today from U.B.. Took a cab to the train station a little after 6 a.m.. Cost of cab about $2. Much better than the walk to the hotel on the way in! Met up with some of the people I have encountered along the way on the station platform. When the train pulled in, I found that Richard from Switzerland and Allan and gf from Sweden are neighbors again. This time I am sharing a cabin. My roommate is Robert, a retired, disabled Vietnam war vet. He lost a leg in action, but gets around amazingly well on his prosthetic one. He’s a really nice guy and has traveled extensively. We have been swapping travel stories and have visited many of the same places. The train is a brand new Mongolian one, with
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