Beijing (first two nights) We finally arrived in a city at a reasonable hour, met our new Honcho, on to a bus (Peter managed it on his own this time) and on to the hotel where the need for a honcho was illustrated by the hotel staffs complete lack of English. We came across our first major problem of the trip, organising our way to hong kong which we eventually sorted two days later by flying to shenzhen. It ruined our plans of travelling the whole distance by...

The Ger Camp We all trouped on to a bus and into the wilds of mongolia (for tourists). The scenery is unbelievable, wild and untamed like the wild west (technically wild east) with nothing but Ger huts horses and cows. And a country club (the Chinggis Khan country club obviously) with an attached golf course but mostly wild and unspoiled. We bought a load of food (mostly in chocolate, crisps and alcohol form) for the ger camp and after our "traditional sou...

Ah Mongolia, the land of cheap north face jackets.... and mongolians. This blog covers Ulan Bator there'll be another for the Ger camp THEY LOVE GENGHIS KHAN (from here on known as Chinngis Khan) I know that i am very late with this entry but the internet in UlannBaatar was just too slow for words. Although slow is actually a word that describes it well. So this entry and all subsequent entries will be of the "on mature recollection" variety. The f...

At the lake now, the honcho is a bit grating, darn siberians but hostel was deadly with hot showers which are wanted after four days on a train that had a lot of dank, old russia mystique (or musk) you could say. The lake and listuvyanka was good but teh dining and drinking options were limited, still managed to eat and get pissed so it wasn't all bad. Also went for a hike to a great viewpoint but didb;t have a camera, i'll rob someone else's later (photo of lake...

Just quick update from St. petersburg. It was gtreat, loads to see, met teh vodkatrain guys. There are twelve of us in total, 5 irish, 3 english (boo) 2 aussies and 2 kiwis. The honcho system 9 a guide in each city) to help is great as was teh city. Hostel was on the grimy side but passable although there was a mosquito problem.there is no english signage in st. p either and its not full of toutrista like most other polkaces i've been so twas an experience The h...