tenth...mong gone

15.10.07.
8.30AM...WOKE...CUPPA TEA.
9.00AM...SHOWER.
9.40AM...HAD A TIDY UP AND A SEMI PACK READY FOR GER TRIP TOMORROW.
11.00AM...WENT TO WHAT HAD BECOME MY FAVOURITE CAFE.
11.10AM...NO EGGS!HOW CAN A CAFE BE A CAFE WITH NO EGGS?!...OK...STAY COOL.
11.45AM...ANOTHER CAFE...THOUGHT I'D ORDER A STEAK SANDWICH...WHAT!...NO STEAK!
11.55AM...ON OUR WAY AGAIN...GOTTA GO ACROSS TOWN TO IRISH BAR...ABSOLUTLY CERTAIN WE'LL GET A BREAKFAST THERE...BIT PRICEY MIND.
12.30PM...ARRIVE ...ORDER...WAITING.
12.50PM...BREAKFAST ARRIVE...OH...SAUSAGE LOOKS LAME...TOAST UNBUTTERED...MUSHROOMS AND EGG OK...BANANA MILKSHAKE OK.
2.05PM...WALKED BACK ACROSS TOWN TO STATE DEPARTMENT STORE...5 FLOORS...NU BROWSED EVERY ONE.
3.10PM...FOOD HALL...PROVISIONS REQUIRED FOR GER TRIP TOMORROW.
4.20PM...ON WAY BACK TO GUEST HOUSE VIA BOOK SHOP...NU EXCHANGED BOOK.
6.30PM...WENT FOR CZECH MEAL...PORK,CHIPS AND SALAD.
9.00PM...BACK AT GUEST HOUSE...GETTING READY FOR DEPARTURE TOMORROW...HAVING A VODDY.

16.10.07.
7.15AM...UP EARLY...GOTTA VACATE ROOM BY 8.30AM.
7.30AM...COFFEE.
7.40AM...SHOWER.
8.20AM...DRESSED AND PACKED.
8.40AM...CHECKED EMAIL.
9.30AM...IN BUS FOR JOURNEY TO GER.
11.00AM...ARRIVE IN SOME COLD MOUNTAINOUS PLACE.
11.15AM...SHOWN TO OUR GER[TENT]...ABOUT 100 YARDS IN FRONT OR 'OUR' FRONT DOOR WAS POOR OLD DOBBIN[HORSE] BEING SLAUGHTERED...OUR DINNER TONIGHT...THINK I'LL GO VEGGIE!
11.40AM...WENT FOR A WALK WITH COUPLE WE MET ON BUS...HILLY SURROUNDINGS.
1.00PM...BACK AT GER...SAT ON GRASS BANK WITH NU FREEZING MY WHAT ITS OFF!
2.00PM...LUNCHTIME...COW BEEF...RICE...ONIONS...PEPPERS...WARM TEA.
3.15PM...SITTING IN GER WONDERING HOW ANYONE WITH HALF A BRAIN WOULD WISH TO SPEND A NIGHT IN A COLD CLOTHED DOME WITH NO SHOWER OR WATER AND THE TOILET IS A HOLE IN THE GROUND ABOUT 50 YARDS AWAY!TO THINK WE PAID 30 QUID FOR THIS...MAD,MAD,TOTALLY MAD!
3.55PM...NU JOINS ME...SCARFED AND HUDDLED...WE HAD TO LAUGH...BARMPOTS THE PAIR OF US!
4.10PM...WENT AND HAD A BIT OF BANTER WITH OUR NEIGHBOURS WHILE MONGO CHAPPIE LIGHTS OUR FIRE.
4.50PM...BACK IN OUR GER...NU TAKING PICTURES FROM EVERY ANGLE AND NOW WITH FIRE WE ARE WARM...I HOPE THE WOOD DOESN'T BURN TO QUICKLY.
5.45PM...LET NU WIN AT CARDS...WELL WARM NOW...CHAP KEEPS COMING IN TO CHECK FIRE AND OCCASSIONLY BRING WOOD...WE NEED LOADS!
6.20PM...EVE MEAL ARRIVE...DIDN'T FANCY DOBBIN...SO HAD A CHEESE COB AND CHOC PICNIC BAR WE HAD LUCKILY BOUGHT ALONG WITH US.
8.30PM...IT WAS SO HOT I WAS DOWN TO MY UNDIES...IT WAS DRIPPING OFF ME...COULDN'T RELAX...LAY ON BED...THINK I EVENTUALLY FELL ASLEEP ABOUT 1.AM.

17.10.07.
7.00AM...WOKE FROZEN...FIRE DEAD...FELT DIRTY.
7.30AM...CHAP CAME IN TO RESTART FIRE.
8.00AM...GOT UP AND RAPIDLY DRESSED...SAT IN A DAZE.
8.30AM...PACKED...READY TO GO.
9.00AM...BREAKFAST...WEAK TEA...BREAD AND JAM...DRANK TEA...WASN'T HUNGRY.
9.45AM...WAITING FOR BUS TO TAKE US BACK TO ULAN BATOR...NEED SHAVE...NEED SHOWER.
11.00AM...BUS ARRIVE...ON WE GET...BIT OF A BUMPY RIDE BACK.
12.05PM...BACK AT GUEST HOUSE...SHAVE/SHOWER...CLEAN UNDIES.
1.00PM...AT CZECH RESTAURANT...WAITING FOR A WELCOMING BEER...ORDERED CHICKEN SOUP...NU HAD BEEF NOODLE.
1.30PM...PORK ARRIVED WITH MASH SPUD...ORDERED CHIPS...NOT TO WORRY...FOOD IS FOOD...ORDERED ANOTHER BEER...WELL TIRED.
View of Mongolia.
Come to Mongolia if you get the chance.it's cheap and the people are mainly friendly.It's the country i have enjoyed the most.Accomadation clean,brakfast basic.Probably the wrong time of year to go to a ger.There are warmer months.The air is cold,the sun shines,clear blue skies.
3.30pm...HAD A LAST LOOK ROUND THE TOWN...BOUGHT SOME COBS FOR OUR OVERNIGHT STAY AT BEIJENG AIRPORT...BOOKED TAXI FOR 6.00PM.

MONG GONE,GONE...GONE!

BYE FOR NOWZ.