Beijing was our first impression of China. To us it seemed more like three cities in one. There is the modern Beijing where people live and work, it’s very alive, a bit scruffy, busy, loud and quite chaotic, especially the traffic. Always watch out for traffic, they’re out to get you. Beijing is not at all as organised as we thought it would be, at least on the outside, can’t really say what its like working there. Public transportation is…
Also known as “UB” Ulaanbaatar is Mongolia’s capital, with a population of 1,3 million, that’s nearly half of Mongolia’s population of roundabout 3 million people. And it seems to continue growing, there was a lot of construction going on when we were there. We didn’t do a lot of touristy stuff while we where there between our trips to the countryside, but rather used the time to recover from or prepare for our tours, do some shopping (p. e. sleeping…
When we arrived at the bus station from where we were to depart to our first ger inside the Terelj National Park, we where amused at the three drunk Mongolians engaged in a fist fight next to an old Russian 4WD. Little did we know that it was the same 4WD that had come to pick us up, including the drunk Mongolians. Sow how many Mongolians fit in a standard sized 4WD? We counted and found out: ten people,…