Today was spent mostly relaxing at my friend’s apartment in Pattaya which is on the coast about 2 hours south of Bangkok. The above picture is the view form my friends place.
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Today I left Ulaanbaatar at 6:30 am on Mongolian Airlines and arrived in Beijing about 8:15 am. Going through customs I was once again pulled over by security and asked about my bag. They wanted to know what the orange image was on their XRay machine and I explained that it was my camera gadget bag with card reader. They seemed to be satisfied this time and not have me open the bag.
Today, I visited the Winter Palace Museum of Bogd Khaan. This was built between 1893 and 1903 and is the place where Mongolia’s eighth Living Buddha, and last king, Jebtzun Damba Hutagt Viii (often called the Bogd Khaan), lived for 20 years.
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Woke up to heavy winds outside around 8:30am, although I slept pretty good and was only cold a little bit when the blanket fell off me. This was a very comfortable yurt and the first one with a bed long enough for me.
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Today we started off the morning to hiking to the Orkhor Waterfall, although there was no water, due to being frozen upstream. Note the very steep rock that we climbed down to get to the lake and then climbed back up afterwards. And yes, the small mongolian boy climbed it with us on his own.
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