Our itinerary was changed so we spent one less day in Beijing and we will have one extra day in Moscow. i might not get round to changing the list.
We had a peking duck dinner in Beijing before we left - it was great, I tasted most dishes and ate lots of duck - all uneventful. We then spent the next 40 hours on the train. The mountains as we left Beijing should have looked spectacular if we could have seen them - smog. Then we went passed many coal trains and horrible industrial cities for most of the day with heaps of rubbish, mostly plastic.
We were loaded off the train for 2 hours as we crossed into Mongolia because of the change of gauge and the bogeys were changed. We were then woken up at 1.30 by very serious dedicated border guards checking passports and train. All went smoothly.
We awoke to the Gobi Desert - and a BLUE SKY - the first since I arrived. Two Mongolians with lots of boxes of fruit joined us in our cabin and were appropriately friendly. The view outside the window was as expected, groups of gers, cattle, horses and herdsmen.
Tomorrow we go to stay for 2 nights in a ger. I am unsure as to weather to go horse riding. Bicycles stop when you stop pedalling.
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I seem to remember one story about you and a battery powered bike that you couldn't halt when you stopped peddling! At least those steeps ponies aren't so high off the ground if you fall off...and so far you're obviously willing to try everything at least once.
Look forward to hearing how you went
Hi Pat, I've finally joined you on your tour and you seem to be well off the beaten track already. You've had some fabulous adventures already, and I'm looking forward to a photo.
Love
patricia
Mum i hope you are taking heaps of photos!!!!!
PS i hope you go horse riding, when will you ever go horse riding in Mongolia again.
Emmaxxx
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