18.10.2014, 9.30-10.00 AM, Dongsi North street, Dong Cheng district, Beijing — by Mikko on

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Our stay in Beijing ran up quickly – real quickly considering how interesting (and endless) a city it appears to be – as extending o...

17.10.2014, 9.20-10.00 AM, Dongsi North street, Dong Cheng district, Beijing — by Mikko on

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At lake Baikal we met Hwan Zhu, a youngster from Nanjing, and asked him to write down the sentence “we don't eat meat” in Mandarin ...

16.10.2014, 12.15-12.45 PM, Dongsi North street, Dong Cheng district, Beijing — by Mikko on

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We tried to have dinner in this place yesterday, but it was full. Not too many seats available for our lunch-time breakfast either, b...

15.10.2014, 12.30-13.15 PM, Dongsi North street, Dong Cheng district, Beijing — by Mikko on

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Travelling from Erlian to Beijing – first with a sleeper bus , and a taxi for the last 30 km – was strenuous (to put it in a nice way) ...

14.10.2014, 6.55-7.33 AM, train 034 from Ulan Bator to Erlian — by Mikko on

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What a night . We had ordered “hard sleeper” tickets, which we expected to be similar to the Russian Platskartny, but the compartment ...

13.10.2014, 8.45-9.05 AM, Zaya Guest House, Ulan Bator — by Mikko on

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Back in UlanBator , we got our last Zaya breakfast with, yes, whole apples. This was also our last breakfast in Mongolia, as tonight we...

12.10.2014, 9.50-10.30, Ecotourism Ger Camp, Terelj — by Mikko on

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After a freezing night in the ger (yurt), the prosperous breakfast with hot tea was a blessing, especially in the company of our new S...

11.10.2014, 8.05-8.30, Zaya Guest House, Ulan Bator — by Mikko on

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Yet again: a whole apple! Perhaps they start cutting them up after 9 AM? This morning we were heading out to the Mongolian countryside,...

10.10.2014, 8.15-8.40, Zaya Guest House, Ulan Bator — by Mikko on

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Still the same old breakfast; though the egg had a bit more salt, and the apple was served whole. Today we also got up a bit earlier, b...

9.10.2014, 9.00-9.30, Zaya Guest House, Ulan Bator — by Mikko on

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An identical breakfast to yesterday, except that today they also served water.

8.10.2014, 9.05-9.30, Zaya Guest House, Ulan Bator — by Mikko on

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We've previously mentioned the address of our breakfasts (if known), but in Ulan Bator this proved difficult for a surprising reaso...

7.10.2014, 22.20-22.35 PM (previous night), train E44 from Irkutsk to Ulan Ude & 11.05-11.10 AM, bus from Ulan Ude to Ulan Bator — by Mikko on

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Like with most of the previous train rides, we bought our train tickets in a vending machine, because the machine tends to speak better ...