The bus ride back to UB went without a hitch which is rare in Mongolia. We checked back into the hostel for the night then caught the train in the morning to Beijing. Our new cabin friends were Robert and Katie, Robert was German and Katie was American they weren't bad for a German and an American, and amazingly Robert hadn't bagged my bed first with his beach towel. We got to the border and it was the same routine. Us travellers knew how it worked whilst the hol...

We left the hostel at 6am and caught a taxi to the bus station. There were people everywhere, loads of people kept calling out to us, it was complete chaos, we wandered around and eventually found the right bus amongst the mayhem. Everyone was scrambling to get there bags under the bus it was real dog eat dog to get your bag in the hold, which also doubled as the post van so was full of packages. Once on the bus everyone was arguing over seats, even though every ...