Train across Mongolia
October 8th 2006 Leaving the border we head to Ulan Bator. The scenery, though still barren moves from the open tundra of Siberia to the Gobi desert. As dry as Siberia was, this is much worse. The flat open lands seem to stretch on for ever. Every once and awhile a few yurts for Mongolian nomads would appear out of nowhere. The big excitement on the train was the occasional herd of camels grazing on what little gr
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