Thursday August 15th

Our last campsite had us about 3-4 hours from Ulaan Baatar and we arrived into town around 2pm in light rain, driving along the full length of Peave Ave towards the finish line and the Chinggis Khaan Hotel.  We stopped about a block away, to decorate the bus in all her glory – US, Mongolian and Irish Flags along with the Dixie Chickens Banner, as we’d expected to arrive under great fan fare and hoorahs! But with the Adventurists….yeah, not so much, it was a bit anti-climactic as we drove the bus up to the front steps of the hotel, and there was no one there to greet us – initially.  But once word of our arrival made it into the lobby – The Adventurisits staff complete with a film crew came on out to greet us.

We are all extremely thrilled and relieved that we were able to actually accomplish this amazing feat!

 

We have spent 2 days here at the Chinggis, sleeping and recovering from our journey.  Today we move over to the Lotus Guesthouse and this afternoon we will head out to the Orphanage to see the school and meet the kids and to donate all the wonderful supplies that have been gifted to us for this trip for the kids.

 

Tomorrow I head out on a 6 day / 5 night expedition with a guide and private driver to go explore some of central and southern Mongolia as I head on out to Karkorim and then to the Gobi desert.

Blogs that were posted on 08/13/13 have all been updated with photos, so please be sure to go back and check them out.

This is likely the last blog till I hit stateside and fill in the holes of the journey.

Love to all!