19AUGUST04 Hello!!!! We have survived Mongolia so far. We had an agonising 9 hours getting through the Russian and Mongolia customs on the train. Locked up with no toilets and feeling the heat, as the windows don't open enough. But finally we made it into Ulaan Baatar which is a city with nothing much going for it. Great dinosaur fossils though! We visited the old winter palace that is a bit run down and rustic, still a great taste of what is to co...

19AUGUST04 Hello!!!! We have survived Mongolia so far. We had an agonising 9 hours getting through the Russian and Mongolia customs on the train. Locked up with no toilets and feeling the heat, as the windows don't open enough. But finally we made it into Ulaan Baatar which is a city with nothing much going for it. Great dinosaur fossils though! We visited the old winter palace that is a bit run down and rustic, still a great taste of what is to co...