Irkutsk to Ulaanbaatar

13. August 2007 - 14. August 2007

We boarded the train to Ulaanbaatar at five o’clock in the morning and were not very happy about the fact that we had to share our compartment with the big, black and stinky dog „Tim“. Not only did „Tim“ stink, he also bit Lena in her shoe! Thankfully „Tim“ and his Russian owners left the train after about 9 hours. We were then joined by a very nice Russian woman and her son. After hours of waiting at the Russian border, we finally drove on into Mongolia. There, customs only took a fraction of the time. Also the people seemed much more relaxed and friendly.