The Continental Hotel Ulan Bator

... spectacular sans dunes in Mongolia. They are up to 300m high, 12km wide and about 100km long.<br><br>Day 5:Stay at the dunes. Today we will visit nomadic family and enjoy their daily life. Short camel riding trip to the dunes. Sun rise and sun set from the dunes will be most unforgettable memory. <br><br>Day 6:Driving through semi-desert landscape to the famous Flaming Cliffs - Bayanzag. An introduction to Mongolian paleontology. Drive around the ...

... at him in Mongolian so he left us alone.<br><br>Eating out here has been very satisfying compared to Moscow where we paid huge amounts for the smallest portions; here we pay next to nothing and leave with our stomachs filled to the brim. Our guesthouse has been lovely, practically empty so it's been like having a flat to ourselves. They picked us up from the train station too, and saved us from all the other hostel messengers crowding around us hoping that we ...

... overnight accomodation.<br><br><br><br>Great, we thought, we will be back in Ulaan Baator tomorrow and diving into piles of tasty food at the veggie restaurant! And then we discovered that the storm was expected to increase and move further south the next day, and, as a result the authorities had stopped all public transport... and then we heard it would probably be two days before the buses were allowed to head out! Oh God! Mandalgovi is not a ...

... heating is from a central wood burning small stove. The water used for cooking and making tea comes from a small stream nearby. <br>This water was collected early morning "before"!! the livestock moved away from the Gers and took their turn to use it! <br><br>BELIEVE IT, OR NOT, WE DID ACTUALLY THOROUGHLY ENJOY OUR STAY.<br><br>The Nomads diet is mostly based around milk and vegetables as there is no way of keeping meat fresh. Although for us, Emy had ...

... intersting but again I was so tired I was nnot taking it all in. From the museam we went up to the russian built memorial providing great views of the city. You could see the rapid development of the city from there and it is a real shame to see the way it is, I am definatley looking forward to getting to the countryside. We went out to a 'traditional mongolian bbq' restaruant, it was more like a restauarant geared up to tourists and ex pats something like ...

... though we had to<br>flatter the driver into attempting the crossings and explain to him<br>the best route to take. Eventually we came to a river we thought<br>uncrossable, but for some reason the driver was attempt this one<br>without being cajoled. Inevitably we got halfway across and ground<br>to a halt. The water was well above the top of the tyres and rushing<br>through the doors, washing clothes and rubbish out of the downstream<br>side of the van. The spot was ...

... the day getting dinner, drinks, bungee bouncing on a trampoline, and going to see Transformers 2 with Mongolian subtitles . Uya feel asleep, I would have if it had been any other movie.<br><br>There are now four more sessions left, of course these four will go much faster than the first. The current session is 7 days, followed by another 10 day, and two more 7 days. This session is more international than before, and is already showing some difficulties. <br>

... hi and wish her mother a good trip. <br><br> We finally arrive at her grandmothers apartment, which to be honest I was very surprised about. The outside of the building was very worn down and did not look glamorous, like almost every building in UB. However, once inside it looked quite modern. The building was built when the Russian's were in control of Mongolia so the apartment had a European design. Every room closed off ...

... Bound<br><br>Popping some pills, our driver feels that he is up to the drive home, and drives OVER TWO HUNDRED KILOMETERS over bumpy terrain with a bad ankle. After some minor mechanical issues, we finally make it home, relieved to once again see the city, at around in the evening.<br><br>There is more, but it's just minor stuff. Somebody needs the computer, but I hope to check email once more before leaving tomorrow night for Ulan-Ude.<br><br>

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