A bumpy bit of off-roading led us to the ger camps. A part of me was a bit disappointed that the ger camp we'd arrived at had a restaurant next door, with western toilets and spacious warm showers. Suppose my dream of using a hole in the floor would have to wait til China... Shortly after arriving we went for a hike and climbed a few small mountains - the grip on my 2 year old Fred Perry plimsoles struggling! We followed this up with a dip in a river nearby. Litt...

After pulling into the capital, Ulaanbaatar, the honch took us to the hotel. We caught up on some sleep, had breakfast and headed to a monestary with a beast statue of a Buddha. They say not to take pics in temples/monasteries but one of the guys on the tour insists on getting a panoramic snap everywhere he goes. Luckily for him the CCTV in the monastery had a blind spot... We roamed about the square, seeing 'Mongolia's White House' and went to their history mu...