J, the Austrian guy, and I ate a quick breakfast at the hostel and headed out to the train station for our adventures in China. After a 30-minute walk to the train station, we boarded for the final leg of the Trans-Mongolian journey. The people in my train cabin were asleep from the overnight ride,…
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We arrived in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, at 8:45 am, and my hostel had told me to expect someone to pick me up for free. Before boarding the train from Irkutsk, I emailed them saying that I had realized we didn’t have any details for the meetup, so I described what I was wearing:…
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After arriving back at the train station at the proper time, I boarded the train heading from Irkutsk, Russia to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. I was really excited for my first trip to Mongolia and glad that I’d managed to see more of Irkutsk before leaving. After my “no one speaks the same languages as me” experience…
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