We arrived in China after I night on the train from Ulaanbaatar, which was a pleasant journey through the Gobi desert. The sceenry was pretty sparse but a great experience, lots of small towns along the railway line and then nothng else for miles and miles except desert.We had to stop on the Chinese border for visa, customs control and to have the bogies (wheels) changed for our onward jouney into China. We were here 5 hours! We arrived in Beijng (8/7/07) - and ...

We had two days in a traditional Mongolian Ger (Yurt) camp when it was originally suppose to be one night - so I think we were all a bit apprehensive about spending so long in the middle of nowhere!A Ger is the traditional nomad home and they are found all over the Mongolian countryside, normally there are 3 or 4 Gers and the nomads move around in family units as opposed to tribes.Our trip to the Ger was 1 hour out of Ulaanbaatar and the roads were just dirt trac...

We arrived In the capital Ulaanbaatar from Russia tired and in need of a shower! We were met by our Honcho Tsolomon, who took us directly to the hotel where we had twin rooms a shower and was clean. The first thing we noted about UB, as it is know, is that it is much more Westerner friendly than Moscow but the traffic is horrendous there seems to be no laws just drive and hope!We had a bit of a rest and a shower and then headed out to lunch, Chinese, which was ni...

We arrived in moscow on our airbaltic flight from Riga and were met at the airport by our taxi driver from the hostel in a Lada. We could only get in on one side and I didn't dare to lean on the door. We were stuck in rush hour traffic for about an hour and it started to rain (I didn't think the windscreen wipers were going to work but I was proved wrong!!Once at the hostel (Giodzilla's) we met our guide or honcho as they are known, Natasha and the re...

We arrived in moscow on our airbaltic flight from Riga and were met at the airport by our taxi driver from the hostel in a Lada. We could only get in on one side and I didn't dare to lean on the door. We were stuck in rush hour traffic for about an hour and it started to rain (I didn't think the windscreen wipers were going to work but I was proved wrong!!Once at the hostel (Giodzilla's) we met our guide or honcho as they are known, Natasha and the re...