Mongolia!

Eric and I made it safely to UB, Mongolia!
After arriving in a Chinese boarder town and unwillingly hiring a Chinese driver we attempted to buy some cheap motorcycles. We were, however, eventually discouraged -- the bikes were expensive and there was a huge fee to transport them across the boarder from China to Mongolia.

We ended up climbing onto a jeep with a bunch of Mongolian nationals and crossing the boarder just barely catching a train to Ulaanbaatar. The morning after we awoke to watch the sunrise and pull into the now bustling capitol of Mongolia (according to Eric the city has grown exponentially since he was last here 5 years ago). We will stay here for 3 or four more days before heading to the countryside.

Cheers!
Jon and Eric