We arrived in Ulaanbaatar on Friday night to a temperature of -30 degrees C and yes, it was cold!! I have never experience that sort of cold. The flight from Tokyo was 5 and a bit hours in a smaller plane (the size you would go on if you're travelling domestically in Australia). We had various layers of clothing on to be prepared for the cold weather, but the air conditioning in our seats didn't seem to be working that well...so we all sweltered! Saturday we ...

Well, after months of talking and preparing, we finally left Australia two weeks ahead of schedule, because Loche has been asked to do a bit more work in Mongolia. We left very quickly once our Mongolian Visas arrived and flew out to Tokyo (via Cairns) on Thursday 2 Feb 2012. This afternoon (Friday 3 Feb), we are flying from Tokyo to Ulaanbaatar. At the moment the temperature in Tokyo is about 2 degrees C and when we were waiting for our hotel transfer last ni...