kez & hay travels 06

Arrived in Ulan Baator on Sunday the 2nd and after a 30 minute hike from the station found a hostel. It was heaven to walk in and find BBC World news on tele and a laundry service. The next day we drove for an hour and a half from the city to a Ger camp in the Terelj national park, where we stayed with a nomad family. Our ger was beautiful and we had our own log fire in the middle of the tent. It was like being in the middle of nowhere, with rolling mountains in the distance, wild horses and a bad tempered camel! The following day we went on a horse trek for 5 hours. It was very romantic at first but the novelty soon wore off once we got back to camp walking like John Wayne! We stopped at a remote Buddist monastery, which was used as a meditation centre. Arrived back in UB on Wednesday night and went out for a couple of Chengis Khan beers to prepare us for the following days train journey. Got our last trans-siberian train on Thursday morning and found ourselves sharing our compartment with a 75 year old Mongolian lady who spoke no English, but we got on like a house on fire and we were fed for 24 hours with her Mogolian home made specialities!