Thanks to John's terrific hacking skills we have breached the Great Firewall of China to bring you this posting. hopefully i haven't spoken too soon.
Anyway, your erstwhile adventurers hopped back on a Beijing bound express in Ulaanbaatar. The Gobi desert begins a couple of hours south. It is unbelievably beautiful. Next time we'll definitely have to spend some time here.
When crossing the border into China the tracks change gauge so the entire train had to be hoisted up and have the 'bogies' replaced. (wheels in lay parlance). See the videos for a glimpse of the five hour procedure.
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| The first Mongolian Cosmonaut |
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| Mining in the Gobi Desert |
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| Podunk |
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| X marks the spot |
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| Camels |
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| I A T |
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| Nuit Gobi |
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| Rain in the desert |
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| There are 60 tunnels on the way through the mountains into Beijing |
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| Misty morning in China |
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| Cooling towers |
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| there was a house warming house party with DJ Deulxe at the helm |
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| Totally jealous, What 20 grand will buy you. this is a 'from scratch' pad |
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| moon over CaoChangdi |
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| Posher, our host |
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| Mosquito coil ash |
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| Hairdresser's dog with fuschia tail |
Wow, those videos of the trains switching wheels / bogies are fascinating - have never considered different gauges in track before.
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