I walked from the train station lookin for the place I intended to stay and couldnt find it. I even had an old russian lady helping me but we couldnt find the place at all so I came back to second choice. I have been out for a walk today and I am in an old part of town. There are a lot of wooden buildings, most in need of repair. There is one street where they have demolished all the old buildings and they are now rebuilding them new but in the old style. I found...

I am not a fan of border crossings but this one on the train was easy. It was slow and boreing but there was no hastle. The officials came and got our passports and when they were finished they returned them. I got to skypewith Chris while I was waiting at the train station so that was a bit of fun. I held up my netbook and he could see around in real time. I met a Russian at the station and as I was getting on so was an Aussie tour group. I said Gday tothem and ...

Yesterday was a pretty chill out day. I had to get a train ticket to Russia so I went to the train station to get it. On the way I passed what looked like a wholesale market and there were guys out the front chugging bottles of Vodka at 8.30 in the morning. I lined up with the usual pushing and shoving, only to be told not here. I have to go over 2 streets, turn left and there. I did that and found a building said Railcom. It was closed. On the way back to guesth...

I have got 15 pages of notes here so I will try to keep it brief. I have just spent 5 days in the middle of nowhere in a countrty that is considered the midle of nowhere. 4 days were on dirt roads, some 80km/p/hr roads and some of them walking pace. I lost count of the rivers we crossed, only one went over the bonet when we dipped in, the Onon. We were 4wd in snow and once nearly got bogged. I stayed in a yert the first night with a family of nomads and the other...

I walked to the hostel cos it wasnt too far. It was freezing, it has been around 1deg all day and when I went out for dinner it was snowing so I stopped at Mr Pizza. I went out earlier to look for a tour to the east (most people go south to the Gobi) and to find a new SD card for my camera. I did find new SD but had to walk all the way to Fujifilm to get it cos no one else sells them. I have tried for 3 days. I put a post on LP looking for a tour and there might ...