Ulaanbaatar to Irkutsz
The Ulaanbaatar to Irkutsk trip started with flying colours with the arrival of a Mongolian family on the Mongolian side of the Russian-Mongolian border, where we had arrived at some point in the middle of the night. Arriving at Irkutsk two days later, ee were whisked away by our lovely guide, Ivan, to the nearby village of Bolshoe Goloustnoe, where we were to spend a relaxing homestay for two days on the shores of Lake Baikal.
The Tran Siberian railway – Beijing to Ulaanbaatar
The first leg of the famous Trans-Mongolian train journey, winding from Beijing in China to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Monasteries, Ger Camps and train bogies were all in my future.