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Published: November 3rd 2010
We were held up at the Russian - Mongolian border for 8 hrs until we finally escaped Russia; this dutch guy got taken off the train here by the Russians because his visa had expired by a day, and faced the threat of deportation we really felt for him and I got a grateful thanks from Dim at this point that all our visas seemed to be in tact!
Arrived early morning into Ulaanbaatar where we caught a bus into the mountains to stay in the Ger camp, we stopped off at a buddhist viewing point on the way and all shit ourselves as it was freezing -6 DEGREES and the guide said that was nothing HELP!! We spent one day at the Ger but it was easily the best of the trip; we visited a local nomad family who gave us warm Yak’s milk and this minging cheese. Then we went horse riding into the hills to find a Buddhist temple ½ way up a mountain. Really nice view and so quiet as you are literally in the middle of nowhere, it was really knackering because of the altitude - or maybe coz I am just so unfit!! We
had a lovely cooked meal and played a local game using sheep’s knuckles - a bit weird but a good laugh, think the vodka may have helped with that!
Back to Ulaanbaatar for a night in a well dodgy Hotel that was falling apart. That night we went for an all you can eat grill - Dim loved it but we all know how greedy he is!!
Next day we boarded the train - destination Beijing, there was a familiar face on the train who we were all surprised to see (see pics)! Crossed the Gobi Desert and passed through some beautiful mountains to arrive in a pleasantly warm China. A tiring journey but absolutely amazing and we were lucky that the rest of the group were in the main really lovely!!
3 words to sum up Mongolia;
Good People
Beautiful and Quiet landscape
F’ing Cold
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john
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Alright maritzu and damo looks like your havin fun although sounds like you may get a bit bored at times its good that you ve met other travellers to keep you company and probably stop you from falling out ha.Anyway keep the pics comin you d make not a bad photographer mez take care and speak soon.