The infamous golden week in china, where the whole country is thrown into a gridlock with silly travelers joining the crowd of homeward bound chinese moving in and out of different cities. Haha me and xq decided to jostle with the chinese for a spot on the rail out of beijing. Our first destination in our quest to conquer china:
Inner mongolia. Well according to aman and quoted from wikipedia, mongolia is not exactly part of china. They have their own flag and currency. So does that make them a separate and independent country? Well, i am not bothered as long as i can enter mongolia without a passport (being held by the police for the application of my residence permit) and use RMB there.
I think we got ourselves a pretty good deal as we only paid S$165 for a 4 days trip all expenses included (well minus horse riding and one or two meals). Thats like the price of a trip to JB and back! Cheap??! We would be setting off by rail (air-conditioned) on the 28th night and arriving at 呼和浩特 the next morning. Upon arrival, we would be heading off to the open green plains to lead the life of the mongolians with traditional mongolian fare, campfire night and a night stay in a yurt! How exciting!
Very worried about the sanitary conditions though. Poh Chye Yim is a definite must pack item. I dont really care about the sleeping and bathing conditions. What bothers me the most is how am i going to shit and pee (ok sorry its crude i know, but pls sympathise with me. Its a major issue for me!) for two nights out in the open plains! Any suggestions?
As me and xq were discussing about our packing list, we got more and more excited! Sources tell us that out in the plains, temperatures would drop to 10 degrees. But i suspect it would be even colder than that. Mongolia is further up north than beijing and with nothing in sight, there is nothing to block us from the strong winds. Looks like its time to take out our winter coats!
There will certainly be more to blog about when I am back from the trip! But for now, make do with this:
Yurts
2 comments:
dig a hole, do it and cover with the soil. Done. Simple and easy! It was done the same way many centuries ago by your forefathers!!!! hahahaha
Remember to wear a sarong. That simplifies the whole process.
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