We have arrived safely in Beijing, China. I don't feel so well today, and hoping I haven't caught the swine flu. They are so paranoid about it here in Asia, the conductor even came to check our temperatures last night, before we crossed the border over to China. I didn't have a fever then, but I think I might now. I am never ill for long anyways, and it will probably all be over when I wake up tomorrow.

So Wednesday was spent doing Ulan-Bator, Mongolia's capital city. It is pretty small, so we could walk around to everything we wanted to see. It is not a pretty city, not really that interesting, and a lot of the buildings look very Soviet-style. Mongolia's country side is what makes the country so nice.

The day started with us going to a Buddhist monastery (tempel). After that we went to check out the museums in town, one of them had real dinosaur skeletons, as they have found lots of bones in the Mongolian Gobi desert. After that we walked over to the big square, and had a look around. But it was pretty cold, it was probably not over 0 degrees the whole time we were there, so staying outside for too long at a time is not the thing. As we walked over to the restaurant we were having dinner at, we saw a man just laying on the street. No-one seemed to actually care, they didn't even give him a second look. We were wondering whether this was normal or not, and couldn't stop looking at him. A policeman was nearby, and on the phone, so we thought he'd called for help, but suddenly he just disappeared. I found another police man, and tried to tell him, we couldn't just leave this man there. All he had to say to me was: "I am traffic police". Obviously no-one cared. When we came back from dinner, he was gone, and the next morning, our guide told us this was perfectly normal as many Mongolian men have serious drinking problems!

Yesterday, we were picked up by our guide in the morning, who took us to the train station. We were sceptical to going back on the train, and hoped the people would be nicer there. And what a surprise, it was wonderful! Completely opposite of what the last train was like. We shared a compartment with two Chinese business men, they didn't speak English, but they were nice, and as they had much nicer phones, cameras etc., we were not scared of them stealing our stuff. The whole wagon was almost all tourists, and we felt safe and happy.Both Swedish girls, and Taiwanese girl Yvonne came over to our compartment, they had all made it on the train as well, so we hung out with them for a while. Later on Yvonne had made friends with the conductors in her wagon, and when we came over, they even made us lunch! It couldn't be any more different than the woman who wanted money for a cup of warm water.We also went through the whole train, checking out the restaurant wagon, as we didn't dare to last time.

This time around on the train went fast, it was "only" 31 hours. And now the train ride is over for this time. We are quite happy about that, and I don't think I will do it again anytime soon!

Our hotel in Beijing is very nice, we haven't done that much since we arrived this afternoon, other than having dinner, and going to some shops. Beijing feels safe, I like Chinese people. We seem, however, to be quite the attraction here, people stopping to stare, pointing at us, looking through restaurant windows at us. I guess it's because we look different, and we know it's harmless, although I don't like having my dinner while 5 people are staring at me! Hehehe..

Over the next 4 days, we'll be doing some sightseeing in Beijing, I am very excited about going to the Great wall of China. I think we will be having a good time!

Facebook is banned here in China, anywhere where you can express your opinion is banned, so I won't be able to upload any pictures there until I am in Bali. Unless it works from this website. I will give it a try!