Well yesterday was an interesting day as I started the day pooing myself at the thought of getting on a horse. Well after waiting for 30 minutes the horse herders arrived with ten horses and we were one by one put on them. As they arrived I pointed out that one of them looked a little crazy and I'm sure you've already guessed it, it's the one I got. I named him Charles after Charles Manson. Every one found it hysterical that the one of the group scared of horses ...

We arrived in Ulaan Baatar (which means Red Hero) at six in the morning and our new honcho (Boogi) took us straight to the hotel, and incredibly kindly allowed us a couple of hours to catch up on lost sleep. Once we woke we met Boogi and went to lunch at a restaurant called Nomads (Mongolian food which also has a restaurant in Detroit). I had a fillet of horse meat and I'm proud to say that it was one of the nicest meals I have ever eaten! I'd recommend it to ev...

Over the last couple of days I've been trying to make sure that I didn't forget to tell everybody about the first thing we saw when walking by Lake Baikal. I'm not quite sure how to put this but as we were walking down the large (very icey) hill to the lake, Sarah and I stopped to let a lada (!) past. I have neglected to tell you that Listvyanka (the town that we are staying in, on Lake Baikal) is full of dogs, both stray and domestic (so much so that you are fo...