eighth...MONGOLIAN STROLL

8.10.11.
6.00AM...WERE WOKE BY TRAIN ATTENDED...PACKED AND READY BY 6.45AM...COFFEE.
7.30AM...ARRIVE ULAN BATOR...YAHOO!AT LAST...FIVE DAYS ON A TRAIN IS NOT MY CUPPA TEA...MAN WAITING FOR US ON PLATFORM TO TAKE US TO GUEST HOUSE.
8.15AM...AT GUEST HOUSE...FORM FILLING...SHOWN TO ROOM...THIS PLACE IS VERY PLEASANT...AFTER MOSCOW...WELL ENOUGH SAID...WE HAVE A NICE BUNKED BED ROOM TO OURSELVES...A TABLE WITH MIRROR...ROOM ABOUT 8 FOOT BY 8 FOOT...BREAKFAST IS BREAD AND JAM AND AS MUCH COFFEE AS WE WANT...CLEAN AND SIMPLE...LIKE MYSELF!
8.35AM...SHOWER...NEED IT BAD!
9.00AM...BREAKFAST.
10.00AM...ATM MONEY EXCHANGE REQUIRED...WALKED TO SAKHBAATOR SQUARE...FOUND POST OFFICE/TOURIST INFO.
11.00AM...DIDNT HAVE MUCH BREAD AND JAM EARLY SO STOPPED OFF AT CAFE...CHIPS...EGG...BURGER...RICE...I ONLY ASKED FOR EGG AND CHIPS!...PERHAPS I LOOK AS IF I NEED FEEDING!...NU HAD A BURGER...HUGE...THATS THE BURGER!...ONLY 2 QUID...THAT INCLUDED COFFEE...FOR EVERYTHING.
12.20PM...FOUND DEPARTMENT STORE...BIT PLUSH...BOUGHT A FEW GOODS.
1.15PM...ENQUIRED ABOUT FLIGHT TICKETS FOR BEIJENG/CHENGDU.
2.15PM...BOUGHT TICKETS...300 QUID FOR BOTH...FLY 17TH OCT.
4.00PM...BACK AT GUEST HOUSE...FELL ASLEEP.
5.30PM...WOKE UP.
6.00PM...WALKED TO IRISH BAR...TBONE STEAK...HALF JACKET SPUD...MUSHROOMS AND SALAD...NU HAD PORK AND VEG...PINT OF LAGER EACH...9 QUID FOR BOTH...BEST MEAL SO FAR AND CHEAPEST.
8.00PM...MET UP WITH IRISH COUPLE AT BRAU KHAN...NU ON COCKTAIL...RED KISS...JIM BEAM FOR ME...GREAT EVENING...LOVELY PEOPLE...WE WOBBLED AND LAUGHED ALL THEY WAY BACK TO OUR GUEST HOUSE....AND CRASHED!

9.10.11.
9.00AM...FEELING ROUGH...NU BEEN SICK...NOT WELL...THINKS IT WAS LAST NIGHTS SALAD.
10.00AM...WENT TO STORE FOR CHEESE,BREAD,MILK AND TISSUES.
11.30AM...NU SLEEPING...I AM WAITING FOR BATHROOM...NEEDA SHAVE...NOT FEELING A1 MYSELF.
11.55AM...SHOWERED...NU SLEPT MOST OF AFTERNOON...I READ...BOUGHT A SELECTION OF FRUIT FOR HER.
4.00PM...NU NOT HUNGRY...WENT FOR A PIZZA BY MYSELF.
5.00PM...FOUND PIZZA KING...VERY NICE PEOPLE...VERY NICE PLACE.
6.15PM...ON WAY BACK BOUGHT SOME NUTS AND CRISPS.
7.00PM...BACK AT GUEST HOUSE...FANCIED A CUPPA TEA...BUT SOMEONE HAD STOLEN MY MILK FROM THE FRIDGE IN THE KITCHEN!

I know you probably think all nu and i do is drink and eat...but its what we enjoy best...we do go and see a few monuments but they all start to look the same after a while...the people we meet is what we enjoy most.Walking the streets and getting lost sometimes is infuriating but sometimes its the only way of finding good places and we feel so fulfilled!

10.10.11.
8.45AM...ROSE QUITE EARLY...QUITE A FEW PEOPLE GOING ON A GER TRIP...THATS A TENT IN THE GOBI DESERT...WE GO ON THE 16TH OCT...DONT KNOW WHETHER TO LOOK FORWARD TO IT OR NOT.
9.15AM...COFFEE/JAM/BREAD...BREAKFAST NONE TO EXCITING.
10.30AM...SHOWER.
11.15AM...WE HEAD OFF TO SEE THE NATIONAL HISTORY OF MONGOLIA MUSEUM...NU FEELING A LOT BETTER...BUT DOES NOT WANT TO GO TO FAR...I AM STILL A BIT BUNGED UP.
12.05PM...NAT HIST MUSEUM...QUID EACH...LOTS OF OLD KNIVES AND SWORDS.BONES,STONES,COSTUMES,PICTURES,STATUES AND PLENTY ABOUT GHENGIS...AN OK WOW.
2.30PM...HEADED FOR RESTAURANT...THOUGHT IT WAS MONGOLIAN...IT WAS CZECH...FOOD GOOD THOUGH...WONDERFUL PEA SOUP...SPICY BEEF WITH RICE...AND A CUPPA TEA...ALL FOR 3,500 TUGRIKS EACH...2,400 TO A POUND!
4.30PM...NEXT STOP SECOND HAND BOOK SHOP...NU IN HER ELEMENT...SWOPPED HER BOOK AND A VERY HELPFUL ASSISTANT WHO SPOKE GOOD ENGLISH SO THEY HAD A GOOD CHAT.
5.30PM...BAKERY...BOUGHT WHAT LOOKS LIKE LARDY CAKE...BUT PROBABLY SOMETHING ELSE.
6.15PM...BACK AT GUEST HOUSE...LISTENING TO BBC NEWS...CUPPA TEA AND MY LARDY CAKE...NOT SURE OF TASTE CAUSE MY TASTE BUDS ARE NOT SO GOOD DUE TO MY COLD...NU SAYS APPLE AND RAISIN.
STROLLIN'

BYE FOR NOWZ..