Ulaan Baatar Hotel Ulan Bator

... live. We only really saw them from a distance but they looked happier than normal horses. Possibly! Apparently there are only 2000 left in the world so it was nice to see them.

We arrived at sunset at the ger camp of our first nomadic family where we’d be staying the night. Outside there was a herd of camels which we’d be riding the next day, they looked a bit grumpy as camels always do so we quickly went inside the ger. When entering a nomadic ...

... squat or to aim a shewee, the result is not good in swirling winds at lots of km per hour! Even getting from the cosy main ger to our unheated one was a serious effort and caused loss of feeling in my face, due to windchill! No!! This time we had to get out! We had had a fascinating time in the Gobi, seen wonderful things and enjoyed some terrific hospitality but at this point we were both looking forward to getting to a place where ...

... old into the circus? It was fun and I couldn't believe some of the things that these people could do and at what height they did it at, and of course true to Mongolians there was a horse routine.

On the Monastery day, the only that I did different was instead of touring the main building I walked through the ruins of the old buildings. Most of that day I ended up sleeping because it is a long bus ride to and from the Monastery.

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... emotional and all of them were very sad to leave.

The next morning they left around 10a.m. where some of them cried again, but only a few tears, nothing compared to the weeping that was going on the night before. We all said our goodbyes and we put them on the bus to head back into UB so they could go back home to their families. Afterwards we cleaned up the rooms and packed our bags for our two-day break, where we would head into UB.

... twice the size it should be), and we are hours from Ulan Bator. The chief of police shows up, and takes photos, notes. We drive into the nearest village, over an hour away, and wait for everyone to make a statement. It takes over 6 hours. Before our driver goes into the police, I talk with him, and he nearly bursts into tears. I'm not surprised, and almost give him a hug.

While waiting, I see a van pull up and some white guys get out ...

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... are quite basic. Pull left or right for direction, pull back to stop ... say choo choo to go faster and dig him with your heels. So it was off over and down a mountain the first day, it was bloddy cold and our highlight was to be the 8 lakes many of which were still frozen and covered with a dusting of snow. The scenery was absolutely stunning and as we came to our camping spot by the lake some of the horses took off running mine included... I only wanted to go slow cos my ass was killing ...