Wednesday 16 September It gets cold about 4am and I don't really sleep after that, but am pleased when someone comes to light a fire again. Malcolm tops it up. I get up before 8:30 and walk up to a small pagoda on the hill. It's spitting very lightly. It's cold, but so pretty and peaceful. The yellow leaves are like gold. Breakfast is nice and afterward I finish packing my bag and go for a walk up the hills surround in the camp. Malcolm has another go at archer...

Tuesday 15 September Morning comes too soon. It's after 8 by the time we go down for breakfast. We leave about 9am for the country side via the supermarket. We reach the huge Changgis Khan and have an hour to explore inside which houses museums, souvenir shops, a restaurant, and a lift up info the statue. Some of the others pay extra to dress up in traditional costumes and they look very good. They want to extend the options adding thousands of horse statues an...

Monday 14 September I sleep poorly and am woken up fully by the train attendant an HOUR before the stop with a stout 'stand up. Ulaanbattar 1 hour'. And the lights turned on. Mal turns the light off. We were planning 30 min before to be sufficient. I can't sleep after that so slowly start preparing my stuff for leaving. At 5.50am local time we arrive in Ulaanbattar. Once off the train there is a bus waiting for us. It's cold and still very dark. On the way to t...