Greetings from Bayan-Ulgii, Mongolia's westernmost province. We have been here for just over a week now, together with our entourage! When we booked our tour in Mongolia we thought that we'd be part of a group of around 10 people, but it turns out that we're the only ones to book this tour. As a result we have a translator (or two translators - more about that later), a cook, and two drivers with an old Russian jeep apiece. We are thus being waited on hand and fo...

Greetings from Mongolia. Tomorrow we embark on our two week trip. (If you want to look at the details of our tour then you can find them here: http://www.nomadstours.com/2004-itineraries/eagle-festival.html) We just about survived the nine hours it took to cross the border yesterday, mostly spent doing nothing on the Russian side of the border. We are not going to attempt to do very much today - just catch up on various bits and pieces. We're going to drop in on ...