Ulaanbaatar Hot Vacations, Ulaanbaatar Hot Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Our last day in Ulaanbaatar. And, in a way, also our first day, as during our previous visits to the city we didn't do much sightseeing (with the exception of our half-morning trip to the monastery). And while Ulaanbaatar is an ugly place, it certainly merits a visit. But first we had to move hotels. As part of the Trans-Siberia train tickets we had had to book the first and last night in Mongolia in advance, including transfers to and from the train station (apparently too often tourists t…

Woke up pretty early to catch a 8am train to Beijing. Spent most of the day doing the usual sleeping/eating/reading on the train. For some reason today dragged on. Being idle sucks.

I arrived around 11 pm to my hostel. As the taxi drive around the capital, it was dark and bumpy.  There are few lights here and there for hotels and restaurants. But the city was too dark. I thought my hotel is really far away from the center.  As I got out, the taxi's assistant told me that Idre's is a good place to stay. Hailen, the Japanese American lady on the plane with me, insisted that she would pay for the taxi. I thanked her for her kindness and we parted our way. I rung…

I organized a 2-day tour from my guesthouse (Idre's Guesthouse), and took off for Terelj National Park with my guide, Tsarana, and my driver, Tumoor.  We stopped at the humongous Turtle Rock formation, and walked over a seriously deteriorated wooden bridge, missing slats, rotted out, and suspended by cables to check out a Buddhist temple - new one, built in the 90's, and already falling apart.  I met a French archeologist/museum curator who was headed to the Gobi…