This is Eliza writing....Well, after some discussions with people at Idres Hostel, we decided to skip Terelj NP and spend the day in the city instead.
We spent the morning at a Monastery soaking up the peaceful atmosphere and then headed for some Mongolian food. We found a great little local fast food joint filled with locals and opted for Buuz. Buuz are pancakes filled with lamb and deep fried.... YUMO. The dish was accompanied with the standard pickled cabbage and salad covered in mayonnaise.
After food we headed to the Natural History Museum, on arrival we discovered it was closed for unstable building reasons, the sign looked sufficiently old so Im thinking my Lonely Planet guide is pretty out of date. We headed for the Modern Museum instead, which was pretty interesting - lots of history about Mongolia, I didn't really take in due to my swollen feet from the plane. I'm hoping to get back there on my way home for a proper look.
Then we headed back to the Hostel for a wee rest. I have since had my feet up and they are slowly getting better. Courtney had an adventure to the Russian embassy which involved and interview with Mongolian TV (I'll let her elaborate on that one).
We have dived head first into the tourist trail and will be heading on a tour of the Gobi tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, apparently its hard to get to without a guide, so we have decided to give it a go.
We will have a week in the Gobi, before returning to UB and heading off on our bikes next week.
Oh and my feet are still swollen, but the doctor checked me and I seem to be fine... off to find some compression stockings, I plan on rocking them as a fashion item as well as practical way to encourage circulation in my body.
Eliza
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