Today we were heading back into Ulaanbaatar for the night before catching a train to Russia. After breakfast in the dinning Ger we packed up our gear and headed off. Again it was freezing and the heater wasn't working to well in the mini van, so we froze again on the way back to the hotel. When we arrived into Ulaanbaatar we went and got some lunch then wondered around Ulaanbaatar and did a bit of shopping. We went to shop, which supports widowed women in Mongo...

After a great nights sleep with no snoring, I got my stuff together for our trip out to the Ger camp and went down for breakfast. The breakfast was really good. It was nice to have eggs and toast again. After breakfast we moved our bags in to the storage room and took our daypacks with us on to the bus. On the bus, even with the heater going it was still freezing and I couldn't feel my toes and because I was at the back of the mini bus I had no room to move my ...

Today we were off to Mongolia, which almost didn't happen for me as my trip leader had a few problems when picking up my passport from the Mongolian Embassy, but thankfully all ended well and I was able to leave with the rest of the group. I met the group at 6.30am in the morning in the hotel lobby and then we walked across the road to the station to board our train. We went through security and then made our way to the waiting room to well wait before boardin...

Lois and I went for breakfast at the dumpling place again as they were soooo good! Then we went for a coffee at SPR Coffee, which I needed as I couldn't sleep last night due to the jack hammer that was in my room, being Lois. We went to meet the group back at the hotel, for our visit to Tianmen Square and the Forbidden City. It was very cold today so we were all wrapped up in many layers. Our local guide Kevin told us about these two places. We spent quite a bi...

As it was now Monday I had to go to the Mongolian Embassy to get my visa. Knowing where it was I got into a cab and directed the driver where to go. I lined up, handed over my form and told them that it was urgent. She told me I could pick it up in a couple of days, but first I'd have to go over to the Bank of China to pay the fee. She showed me on a map where it was so off I went to go find it. After looking around for a bit I eventually found the back and we...