Our week in UlaanBaatar was uneventful but productive. We were warm and happy in Oasis, and had a yard to work on the car in (so we rotated the tyres and got the car cleaned). We visited the Natural History Musuem, on Thursday because it's closed Monday and Tuesday and Fintan was hungover on Wednesday! So we did get to see all the dinosaurs - very cool. It looked like they were the original remains because the bones had numbers written on them. I, accidently, bro...

From Ulgii we drove to Khovd, then to Bayankhognor, to Arvaikheer and UlaanBaatar. The first few days were tough driving, as there was little to no "road" just a series of tracks. We kpt looking at the GPS and when we saw other vehicles we were reassured that we were on the main track... but at times it was hard to believe that this was true. As Fintan said - it's like driving in a field covered in snow, but it's a whole country! On the way to Khovd we had to go ...

It seems this trip has taken us to The Switzerland of almost everywhere except Switzerland (Mestia and Ushguli, Georgia in the Caucasus, Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia and now Altai in Russia)! The drive through Russia is so pleasant; the roads, the autumnal scenery, the very cheap diesel! Not only is it good to be on the road again - these roads are so civilised! Road markings, well maintained and smooth! The landscape is stunning and one night we stayed in a hot...