Getting on the 7.45 am train from Beijing to Ulaan Baatar. Toot-toot!
From the train window.
Some mountains somewhere between China and Mongolia.
Sam on the platform at the China-Mongolia border. It's midnight, it's minus 20, we're half-cut, and we can't get back on the train for 3 hours. However, it is a lot of fun and there are cheap beers at the mini-mart.
The trusty "Samovar". This is the hot water boiler in our train carriage. Perfect for morning porridge, coffee, and hot-toddies. 
Waking up in the morning, only to see the Gobi desert out of your bedroom (cabin) window. 
An Irvine Welsh book and a bottle of whiskey - good train companions, but where's the whiskey gone? Oops!
The front of our train as it approaches Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia.
Gandantegchenling Monastery, Ulaan baatar. Fascinating, curious, and crazy, just like the city itself. 
Chinggis Mullins in front of Chinggis himself in Sukhbaatar Square, Ulaan Baatar.
A very nomadic Barclay guarding his "ger" at the Elstei Ger Camp, Mongolia. -23 degrees outside - a bzillion degrees inside, thanks to the massive wood burner in the middle of the ger.
Planning our next migration from the warmth and comfort of the ger, Elstei.
Ger-eat furnishings. Also see the wonderful wood burner.
Outside the ger, Elstei.
Sam on the platform at the China-Mongolia border. It's midnight, it's minus 20, we're half-cut, and we can't get back on the train for 3 hours. However, it is a lot of fun and there are cheap beers at the mini-mart.
The trusty "Samovar". This is the hot water boiler in our train carriage. Perfect for morning porridge, coffee, and hot-toddies.
Waking up in the morning, only to see the Gobi desert out of your bedroom (cabin) window.
An Irvine Welsh book and a bottle of whiskey - good train companions, but where's the whiskey gone? Oops!
The front of our train as it approaches Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia.
Gandantegchenling Monastery, Ulaan baatar. Fascinating, curious, and crazy, just like the city itself.
Chinggis Mullins in front of Chinggis himself in Sukhbaatar Square, Ulaan Baatar.
Ulaan Baatar = Red Hero
Sukh Baatar = Axe Hero
Just in case you wondered.
The Mongolian flag, flying above "Axe Hero Square". The red on the outside represented Russia and China, and the blue in the middle little ol' Mongolia
A very nomadic Barclay guarding his "ger" at the Elstei Ger Camp, Mongolia. -23 degrees outside - a bzillion degrees inside, thanks to the massive wood burner in the middle of the ger.
Planning our next migration from the warmth and comfort of the ger, Elstei.
Ger-eat furnishings. Also see the wonderful wood burner.
Outside the ger, Elstei.
See the wolfskin hanging from the barn in the background. This is what happens if you try to eat this baby cow for supper.
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