In terms of - in fact it was comfortable. What else, if we consider the temperature. A few minutes after five o'clock climbs out of our sleeping bags and freezing ropoczynamy packing. The train is approaching to the destination station. Lightning speed, because just after leaving the train, there is a willing, to carry us to Altanbulag. It was in this, far from Sukhbaatar about 30 km, little town there is a land border. The amount claimed by the tenderer our toll are tugrikow 2500. Somehow I do not even want us haggling. Load to several cars (which, without our presence can confidently be called a "full") and in a way. Straw bag lying on top of the "packing gory" protruding from the trunk. Of course, the damper is open, and the entire cargo only pozwiazany cord. A few kilometers out of town our car loses power and becomes. Attempts to re-launch and move end in failure. Do we always have such a "car out of luck? Already we were in the garden, already greeted with Gaska, and now I do not know when, maybe: Is there anyway we get to the border. Fortunately, our woziciel grabbed the phone and called on "meals." After several minutes of cold (not exaggerating with the temperature) pulls up next Hyundai and starts "moving". Subtle design is created in a flash (you can see that they have this skill) and you can move toward passage. The other four (Marshall & Ms) already there waiting and freezing. At our absence they managed to arrange places in the first two cars queued. Grazing. In addition - not the standard 150 rubles from the man, but for 100 Getting ready ultra-cheap travel UB Ulan-Ude.
is 6.45. To open border another hour and fifteen minutes. To set the queue of cars frosted begin showing up their drivers. Most of them bring kept at night in the home ciepelku battery. In turn, we will remove the cylinders and burners (around the clock stored in the hot interior of backpacks), and also prepare tea. Go without a cup of hot drink - in this temperature it is not unthinkable. In the meantime, we meet well-known adventure. Our woziciele podumali and for 100 rubles, however, will not go. They want 150 or 5 bucks. Pissed off (but not very surprised), remove the backpack from the trunk. This number does not help - no descent of the pitch. So we are looking for in a queue for someone who would take us for less than 150 RUB. Unfortunately - the perfect conspiracy is in full swing. Powerless return to "queuing leaders" and ride with them for five bucks. This is the standard amount for the journey, but our hope was initially aroused - now stocks a profession. Opening hours it came even met two Italians, who also came back from Mongolia. Sec in the fact that they were motorists, although the Mongolian way (or are better: astray) the vehicle is poor (or are better: none). www.mongolrally.it - \u200b\u200bso here are the words (among many sponsors' logos) remain on their old two-door Panda. How to present the Gobi desert have ridden? I have no idea. Maybe the answer is to find at the above address ...
briefing itself without major problems (apart from the fact that our machine is still dying down, and in-straw Marianowo counter odpadala still hatch from the trunk). Just before noon we land in the frontier tavern (of course the Russian side), in which you ate in August (and also spent the night) on his way to Mongolia. Enjoy a delicious beetroot soup, which tastes even better when the winter window. " Meet the Pole - a truck driver, who for 10 years he takes our native beauty of Mongolia. He tells us interesting stories about the former ambassador, whom we had the opportunity to host. We learn, among other things, at the request of Mr. Kulak our "tirowiec" drove his time yurt. Apparently the Supreme Chamber of Control wanted to have this traditional Mongolian house in one of its centers. Surprised? I am not at all.
downhill to Kiachty and paid money to have only ATM. Now it is time to move your way to Ulan Ude. Unfortunately - once again we fall victim przewozniczej collusion and beyond the standard fee - 250 rubles per person pays more for luggage over 50. No one else, of course, nor have thought go below that price. "It's hard, what to do" - as he used to say Ochódzki Richard - Rainbow club president. Approximately 17 to reach the railway station in the capital of Buryatia. Locate themselves in the waiting room and head obfotografowac head of Lenin. Along the way, or maybe even check this time Polish society, which at one time be able to sleep for a dollar, is open. Sorry - none of that. Everywhere dull, dark everywhere. In that case, waiting for us at the station overnight. After dusk, moving trip # 2 In order to re-check the status of Polish society activity. It turns August, however, the company alive. Sorry - no longer offers nights for the buck, but for two hundred rubles. 700-per cent increase over two years ... there is nothing. Crooks valued.
Finally we spend the night in the waiting room of the "podwyzszennej komfiortnosci" (or something like that). Normally "czardzuja" 60 rubles per hour per person, but professionals are haggling, in Chinese, and indeed we pay 500 rubles for the whole night, for 7 people. We get a room in which we spread on the carpet mats and fall into the embrace of Morpheus.
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