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10 June. The train we boarded in UB was similar but not identical to the train from Beijing. It was, perhaps, a tad newer and it carried an air of shabby elegance. It’s possible that I boarded with altered expectations …

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9 June. To recap the end of the previous post, I woke up early this morning – about 06:30 – and by about 07:00 I went up to the main house hoping for some tea to take the chill off. …

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8 June. Saturday morning we set out for our ger camp stay leaving most of our luggage behind at the hotel. After a brief grocery stop to grab some water (Mongolia is also a bottled water only country.) and snacks …