Hi All, unfortunately we have to leave Mongolia already it's been an amazing country and a nice surprise. We were expecting Mongolia to be quite backward although we held out hope that the people would be friendly, we needed a few smiling faces after Russia. We arrived a day late, due to a cock-up by our tour company, so it was a pity to loose a day, on the otherhand there were huge riots against the newly elected Communist government in Ulaan Baatar on the day we were due to arrive. 5 people were killed, 300 injured and 1,000 arrested. The action was all over by the time we arrived but there was an alcohol ban for 2 days we were there and it was lifted on the last day - which was unfortunate for Ger
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