I arrived in Mongolia this morning after another two days on the train. We left Irkutsk, Russia at 9 pm, and arrived at the border at 1 pm the next day. We left the border at 8 pm that night. Yes, thats seven hours at the border!
I'm not sure what we were doing all that time, except getting a good look at the "vast lumbering Russian bureacracy" as Tad put it. Luckily, we all made it out of the country safely and had a pretty amazing time while there.
Mongolia so far is definitely in Asia. The people are an interesting mix of Inuit and Chinese in appearance and very warm and friendly. Our Honcho, Elmira, met us at the train. She is a cute little bundle of energy at 18 years of age. She already speaks Khazak, Mongolian, and English - that last two she has picked up in the past two years. With her as an example the Mongolian future looks very bright!
We are headed to the ger camp tomorrow to ride horses and sleep in a yurt. I'm excited to try the yurt Mongolian style!
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