Mongolia!!

Sain Baina uu from Mongolia! I made it here easily, and they don't block my blog like other countries do :) I've only got 5 minutes, so a quick update: Beijing was good, did a power trip around it to the Temple of Heavan, Tienamen Square and the forbidden city. You can really feel the military presence and the disconnect between the old and young generation. It was very smoggy and hazy, the smog got to me bythe end of an 8 hour walking day. That night we met our travel group, and the next day went to the Great Wall, the Ming tombs and the Olympic village. The olympic structures were impressive, and the Great Wall is enourmous, and ridicously high and hard to build, I can't even image the manpower needed to build it.

Had a Wagyu beef steak last night (if you don't know it....it's better than Kobe beef), and flew to Mongolia at 7:30 this morning. The main city here, Ulaan Bataar, is much bigger than expected, and the people already seem more friendly than Beijing. We are going to a nomadic camp tomorrow, but tonight we are having dinner at the Presidential Palace! I'm off for lunch, hope all is well!