Sainshand, Mongolia

... a few places by camel. Three days, then we're headed back to more modern living in Ulaanbaatar. Sorry folks, the maps of Mongolia don't show Sainshand, so I just picked a spot on the map, it's most likely quite wrong. Wow, so we got off the train at ...

... is on the main N-S rail line so an overnight trip to UB followed by 10 hours travelling south and you arrive in Sainshand - the capital of Dorngovi aimag with its population of around 30,000. This is the last significant town before the border crossing ...

... onto the "road" to get to the camp. Here's a little info about the road - there is only 80 km of asphalt in Mongolia! So, the "roads" were little more than other tire marks through the sand. We only drove on paved roads for about 5 minutes very early ...

... and it was time for dinner. I don't remember what we ate, but it was good. Then we packed up our bags and headed into Sainshand. We thought we were just going to the train station, but we ended up stopping at 2 very random museums. The first museum ...