{"id":14969,"date":"2015-08-21T21:10:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T01:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=14969"},"modified":"2024-06-26T03:23:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T07:23:05","slug":"aug-21-15-part-2-a-train-ride-on-a-local-mongolian-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=14969","title":{"rendered":"AUG 21, 15 (2\/2) .. A TRAIN RIDE ON A &#8216;LOCAL&#8217; MONGOLIAN TRAIN .."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Part 1 of this set of two posts I showed you the Sukhbaatar Railway Station and neighboring environs as well as my hotel.<\/p>\n<p>In Part 2 we are going to ride the local Mongolian train South from Sukhbaatar to Ulaanbaatar. The top left balloon in the map below points to the International Border between Russia (North) and Mongolia (South). The other balloons point to Sukhbaatar and Ulaanbaatar the cities between which I traveled.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please note: In this post I am NOT going to focus on Mongolian scenery. I have published several posts that have included extensive photographic coverage of the Mongolian countryside. My focus will be on the train itself and especially on some of the thirty nine (39) small &#8216;whistle stops&#8217; and what I am calling &#8216;formal-stops&#8217; in the larger cities. Having written this you ARE going to see the scenery around the &#8216;whistle-stops&#8217; for sure and much of this &#8216;whistle-stop&#8217; scenery will NOT be as magnificent and as beautiful as the scenery that I published in my other posts.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go. My ticket was for First Class accommodations. On this local Mongolian train that meant that four (4) people could occupy the cabin. Further we all could lie down in our own individual berths (two uppers and two lowers) should we so wish. Based upon my experience traveling by train in India .. On this local train a cabin similar to the one I occupied could seat up to eight (8) people comfortably and be rated as a Second Class berth.<\/p>\n<p>My ticket was simple and straight forward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14895\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14895\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14895\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN48981-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4898[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN48981-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN48981-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN48981.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All Aboard at 6:30am or 0630 Hours. It was still quite dark outside and my flash did not carry too far but you all get-the-idea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14977\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14977\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14977\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49711-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4971[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49711-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49711-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49711.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later in the day I took the below photo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14976\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14976\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14976\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49951-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4995[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49951-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49951-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49951.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My cabin .. Very basic and cleanly efficient. As you can see it was the dark of early morning through the window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14978\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14978\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14978\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49721-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4972[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49721-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49721-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49721.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have included the below photo to show you the difference between First Class (above) on this the local Mongolian train and First Class (below) on the Trans-Mongolian \/ Siberan Express train that I rode North to Sukhbaatar from Ulaanbaatar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14734\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14734\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14734\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN48781-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4878[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN48781-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN48781-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN48781.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I paid the price (US $ 125.00 vs US $ 12.88 on the local train) ten-times-as-much for the above truly First Class accommodations.<\/p>\n<p>There was ample bedding in the upper bunk to service four passengers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14980\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14980\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14980\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49801-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4980[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49801-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49801-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49801.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>NIFTY\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>package of clean sheets a towel and a pillow case. I do not know this for sure because I did not open the package but this is what such a package usually contains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15067\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15067\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15067\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50441-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5044[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50441-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50441-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50441.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the normal Indian train .. exactly 3 out of each 4 toilets are of the squatter-type. Each and every single toilet <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>that I saw<\/strong><\/span> on both the local Mongolian train and on the Trans-Mongolian Express were of the Western Style. I went looking specifically for this feature. I did not look in all twenty five (25) coaches but I did a good representative sampling. One of the most horrible things imaginable is to have to use a squatter on a train. I am speaking from actual experience. The Indians will occupy the Western Style toilets and &#8216;squat&#8217; with their shoes on the toilet seats and thus prevent those of us who have difficulty squatting from using the 1 toilet in 4 we are most comfortable using. Do you want an .. &#8220;I could KILL YOU thought.&#8221; .. Face this situation on an Indian train when one-of-them .. who was born squatting .. comes out of YOUR Western style facility and YOUR seat is wet from their shoes that are wet from the floor of an Indian train toilet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14981\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14981\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14981\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49811-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4981[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49811-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49811-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49811.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have I said that I absolutely love the Mongolian railway logo<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15068\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15068\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15068\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51281-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5128[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51281-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51281-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51281.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Roger THAT Kanbaatar. You have only said this about one hundred times.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15069\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15069\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15069\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51291-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5129[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51291-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51291-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51291.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first seven (7) or so hours of this train trip were so perfect that I can state absolutely unequivocally that ..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>IT WAS THE BEST TRAIN TRIP<\/strong> <strong>THAT I HAVE EVER IN ALL OF MY LIFE ENJOYED.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was all alone by myself in my compartment. I talked to Patti till I had to stop because Patti finally needed to go-to-bed and I was running low on the battery capacity on my cell phone.\u00a0I did not want to get into charging it on the train because you can have vicious power-surges on a train. Several years ago on a train in India a power-surge destroyed my CPAP breathing machine. This being said I did re-charge my cell phone on the Trans-Mongolian Express when I traveled North to Sukbaatar so &#8216;go figure.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The train ran very slowly because we made thirty (39) stops during our approximately 235-mile journey. During each stop the train was stationary and not moving at all. Plus our slow rate of speed meant that the train was NOT swaying violently from side-to-side as a fast moving express train will do. With a 25-coach-long train you don&#8217;t want to have to be continually bringing it to a stop from a high-rate-of-speed.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of these factors .. I was able to totally relax with my post cards and I calmly wrote a good many to YOU .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14983\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14983\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14983\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49861-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4986[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49861-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49861-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49861.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the seat on the right in the above photo was an actual listing of each and of every single stop on the route.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14982\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14982\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14982\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49851-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4985[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49851-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49851-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49851.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What happened after the first seven (7) hours Kanbaatar?<\/p>\n<p>I was finally joined very close to the end of the trip by a nursing mother with a four month old and an eight year old. This was just fine with me and I actually enjoyed them. You will see photos of my cabin-mates towards the end of the post. All of you will\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>GIGGLE\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>when I tell you the question that I asked Patti. So look for it towards the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n<p>I had such a good-time-of-it because of \u00a0..\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>MY Attitude<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0.. when they joined me it was just fine with me. I actually enjoyed them.<\/p>\n<p>The time has come the Walrus said to begin to show you the &#8216;whistle-stops&#8217; and the more &#8216;formal-stops&#8217; that I photographed.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go loop-de-loop .. Here we go loop-de-li .. All on a Thursday train ride in the far North of Mongolia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14990\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14990\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14990\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49781-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4978[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49781-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49781-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49781.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t get too much more &#8216;basic&#8217; than the above &#8216;whistle-stop&#8217; out here in the middle of nowhere<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14991\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14991\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14991\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49821-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4982[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49821-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49821-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49821.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you see his name below .. 3HXYan. He is Stop Number 34 (from Ulaanbaatar) and he is 306-Km (North of Ulaanbaatar) ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14992\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14992\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49831-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4983[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49831-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49831-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49831.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t I ever get-into-things<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">!!<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Who else but .. Robert 94596 .. I don&#8217;t think &#8216;Zilla gets so deeply into such trivia .. &#8216;Zilla is the World-Thinker .. The Big-Picture-Thinker .. Once in Germany I asked &#8216;Zilla for some small change in a restaurant. &#8216;Zilla pulled out an entire-fist-full of change and with great aplomb gave me about ten dollars worth of Germanic coins. &#8221; &#8216;Zilla&#8221; I said .. &#8220;I needed a <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>dimes worth\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>of change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pretty down-and-dirty very basic and real scenery ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14993\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14993\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49841-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4984[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49841-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49841-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49841.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Does the name below look even slightly familiar to any of you?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14994\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14994\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49881-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4988[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49881-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49881-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49881.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man alive I don&#8217;t believe it ..\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>DARKHAN ..<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15006\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15006\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15006\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN42031-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4203[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN42031-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN42031-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN42031.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are in <b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Darkhan (<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"mn\" style=\"color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-xml:lang=\"mn\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u0414\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0430\u043d)<\/span><\/span><\/b>\u00a0.. the third largest city in all of Mongolia.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><b><span lang=\"mn\" style=\"color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-xml:lang=\"mn\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>\u0414\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0430\u043d<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>station<\/strong><\/span> was certainly<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\"><strong> less-than-<\/strong><strong>spectacular<\/strong><\/span>. I wonder how many of you realize the work-around it was for me to be able to capture and to print Darkhan&#8217;s name in Mongolian ..\u00a0<b><span lang=\"mn\" style=\"color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-xml:lang=\"mn\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u0414\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0430\u043d ..<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14995\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14995\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14995\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49871-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4987[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49871-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49871-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49871.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;\">On October 17, 1961, the city of Darkhan was built with extensive economic assistance from the\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Soviet Union\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;\">Soviet Union<\/a><span style=\"color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;\">. As its name implies, the city was originally conceived to be a manufacturing site for Mongolia&#8217;s northern territory. The city remains a mostly industrial region and is the home of some 82% of Darkhan-Uul Province&#8217;s population. As with most urban Mongols, some 86% of the city&#8217;s population live in residential apartments, with the remaining population living in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;\">gers on the outskirts of the city. The city is relatively close to Russia and retains a fairly small percentage of native Russians.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK .. OK .. I promised not to get too deeply into this post .. You get the idea. \u00a0Andrej I did a\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>NIFTY\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>work-around to pull the above off and not get the program here messed up with the Wikipedia coding. After now over one thousand (1,000) posts and still counting maybe I am learning some little tricks here.<\/p>\n<p>Do any of you need to smile. Just look if you will at the below photos and what came aboard at <b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Darkhan (<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"mn\" style=\"color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-xml:lang=\"mn\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u0414\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0430\u043d)!!<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15056\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15056\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15056\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50041-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5004[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50041-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50041-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50041.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Obviously she was hauling this absolutely enormous \u00a0inventory of food back to her (probably) tiny little village.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15055\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50051-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5005[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50051-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50051-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50051.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I saw the shopping cart in the aisle as I was going to the rest room. Then I looked inside of her cabin. I made a mental note and quickly shot these two photos a few minutes later before she shut the door which she did shortly thereafter.\u00a0Here we go loop-de-loop .. Here we go loop-de-li .. Darkhan goes into the rear-view mirror ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14996\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14996\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49901-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4990[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49901-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49901-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49901.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This &#8216;whistle-stop&#8217; was so basic I never saw a station. Do you all realize that these twenty five (25) coach-long trains are in the vicinity of 0.45 miles in length. In this pair of photos you cannot see either end of the train.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>Today&#8217;s Kanbaatar trivia :<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Each coach is 33-34 of my paces in length. Each of my paces is approximately 2.7-feet. So 25 coaches at 90.5 feet-in-length plus the locomotives and you get my estimate of 0.45-miles in length.<\/p>\n<p>Translation &#8211; These trains are just about one-half a mile in length.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14997\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14997\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49911-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4991[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49911-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49911-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49911.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check the below 25-coach train sitting in the station in Ulaanbaatar. This is the train I paced-off the coach lengths.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15008\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15008\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15008\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51781-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5178[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51781-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51781-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51781.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking to the East (above) and to the West (below) .. You cannot see either end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15009\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15009\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15009\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51791-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5179[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51791-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51791-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51791.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I stood upon the overpass ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15012\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15012\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN467511-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4675[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN467511-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN467511-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN467511.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rhetorical Question : Do you know that people actually ask Patti .. &#8220;What does Cap <span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>DO<\/strong><\/span> all day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15013\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15013\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN468011-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4680[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN468011-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN468011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN468011.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I counted the coaches in the below train as they were slowly being pulled into the Ulaanbaatar station .. Looking to the West below ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15010\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15010\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15010\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51741-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5174[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51741-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51741-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51741.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just in case you missed today&#8217;s Rhetorical Question .. Once more for laughs ..<\/p>\n<p>Rhetorical Question : Do you know that people actually ask Patti .. &#8220;What does Cap <span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>DO<\/strong><\/span> all day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Looking to the East .. Do you all see the Ulaanbaatar railway station on the left ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15011\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15011\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51751-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5175[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51751-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51751-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51751.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patti just rolls-her-eyes and smiles inwardly to herself KNOWING IF she told the truth no one would believe her<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh Cap goes down to the train station and counts the number of coaches on the trains and then calculates the approximate length of the trains.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Back to our &#8216;whistle-stops&#8217;.. \u00a03px3T .. Stop Number 27 .. 234-Km North of Ulaanbaatar ..<a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14998\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14998\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14998\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49921-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4992[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49921-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49921-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49921.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one was a real beauty .. What I call a &#8216;formal-stop&#8217; .. except it was really out-in-the-country.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14999\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14999\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14999\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49931-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4993[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49931-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49931-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49931.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dad .. I am not a &#8216;whistle-stop&#8217; BUT I sure would like my picture taken Dad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15000\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15000\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49941-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4994[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49941-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49941-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49941.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man alive ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15001\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15001\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49961-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4996[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49961-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49961-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49961.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Talk about a pair of bare-bones-basic &#8216;whistle-stop&#8217; stations ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15043\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15043\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15043\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50201-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5020[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50201-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50201-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50201.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wonder what .. IF anything .. is inside of them ..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15002\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15002\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49971-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4997[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49971-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49971-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49971.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15004\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15004\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15004\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49991-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4999[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49991-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49991-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49991.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another more &#8216;formal-stop&#8217; as I call the stops that are really significantly larger that the truly tiny ones ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15005\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15005\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15005\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50001-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5000[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50001-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50001.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I caught a bit more-of-the-station as we rolled South ever South for Ulaanbaatar ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15003\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15003\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15003\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49981-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4998[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49981-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49981-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN49981.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What a name .. bAPYYH XAPAA .. Stop Number 24 and we now have 201-Km to go ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15016\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15016\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15016\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50011-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5001[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50011-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50011.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cute little fellow .. Sweet .. The &#8216;station&#8217; looks like someone&#8217;s home doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15017\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15017\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15017\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50021-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5002[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50021-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50021.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>b3PX .. Station Number 22 and we have 181-Km to go .. I may never in this lifetime see you again .. b3PX<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15018\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15018\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50031-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5003[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50031-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50031-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50031.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now for the largest station and the busiest stop by far on the entire trip South .. I mean-to-tell-you-all people were flying around like crazy and in large numbers ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15029\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15029\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15029\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50171-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5017[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50171-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50171-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50171.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I welcomed the chance to really stretch-out and to get up-close-and-personal with the crowd ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15021\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15021\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15021\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50081-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5008[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50081-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50081-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50081.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I really made sure to know where I was ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15023\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15023\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15023\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50101-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5010[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50101-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50101-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50101.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well Kanbaatar where exactly were you?&#8221; .. &#8220;I was in Station Number 21 and I was now 171-Km from Ulaanbaatar.&#8221; ..It most certainly is very prominent on the map of Mongolia ..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>WHICH BALLOON IS IT YOU ASK ME &#8216;ZILLA .. THERE IS ONLY ONE BALLOON MY FRIEND ..<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amazing .. Absolutely and positively amazing your maps Andrej ..<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15019\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15019\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50061-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5006[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50061-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50061-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50061.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No end-in-sight in either direction .. Fascinating to me ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15020\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15020\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50071-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5007[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50071-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50071-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50071.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By far the busiest station we stopped at .. The lady with the pony-tail and blue top is a conductor ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15022\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15022\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15022\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50091-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5009[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50091-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50091-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50091.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These folks queued up nicely in an orderly line ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15025\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15025\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50121-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5012[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50121-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50121-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50121.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15024\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15024\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15024\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50111-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5011[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50111-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50111-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50111.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was getting very close to departure time ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15027\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15027\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15027\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50141-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5014[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50141-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50141-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50141.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spiffy and sharp conductors .. Just focus on her uniform .. Sorry I caught her in an odd expression ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15028\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15028\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15028\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50161-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5016[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50161-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50161-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50161.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are back-underway. Below is yet another &#8216;classic&#8217; .. tiny &#8216;whistle-stop&#8217; station ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15041\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15041\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50191-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5019[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50191-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50191-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50191.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15042\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15042\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50211-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5021[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50211-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50211-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50211.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15044\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15044\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15044\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50221-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5022[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50221-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50221-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50221.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A random view of the countryside .. after we pulled away from the above station ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15045\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15045\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50231-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5023[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50231-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50231-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50231.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suddenly .. I had company. I am not able to tell you where and when they got on. I had the door on my cabin securely locked. The conductor opened it up and looked in. \u00a0She left leaving the door open. Shortly in came my company. I actually feel that the conductor selected me as a very safe-haven for the lady and her children because of my age and stability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15047\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15047\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50261-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5026[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50261-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50261-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50261.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I simply cannot over emphasize how very much I like the people here in Mongolia. What is more priceless than a positively happy and beaming mother with her child.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15048\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15048\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15048\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50281-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5028[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50281-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50281-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50281.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 8-year-old\u00a0shown below was\u00a0camped-out in the upper berth and he was also absolutely priceless. These kind and gentle folks have such good dispositions ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15049\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15049\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15049\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50311-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5031[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50311-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50311-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50311.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And he was just wonderful with the baby .. I am not sure I would leave the infant with the 8-year-old in the upper berth because the baby could suddenly twist away from him in the twinkling-of-an-eye. I will admit the 8-year-old seemed to have a very firm hold on the infant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15050\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15050\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50341-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5034[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50341-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50341-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50341.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not to worry Mom had him back down pretty quickly ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15051\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15051\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50321-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5032[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50321-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50321-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50321.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I asked Patti a question and Patti immediately said yes .. &#8220;When one runs dry the infant <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>immediately knows<\/strong><\/span> to go to the other.&#8221; At age 78 I did not know that fact of life. Fascinating .. right there in front of me. Amazing<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Will someone tell me exactly what intelligence tells an infant to do this? We are born instantly looking for a meal<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and seemingly knowing where to go to have that meal<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>!!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Continuing South to Ulaanbaatar .. I was fascinated with these &#8216;whistle-stop&#8217; stations ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15057\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15057\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15057\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50331-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5033[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50331-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50331-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50331.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below is Station Number 3 and we are now just 33-Km from Ulaanbaatar ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15058\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15058\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15058\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50361-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5036[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50361-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50361-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50361.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We continue to roll South ..\u00a0I loved having my complete list with the names of each and of every single stop we made .. This is Station Number 2 and we are now just 24-Km from being home-in-Ulaanbaatar Mongolia<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15063\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15063\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15063\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50431-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5043[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50431-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50431-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50431.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can plainly see below by the houses past the small station that we are indeed coming into the Ulaanbaatar Metro Area ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15060\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15060\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15060\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50401-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5040[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50401-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50401-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50401.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15061\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15061\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15061\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50421-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5042[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50421-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50421-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50421.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;\"><b>SUDDENLY .. AFTER NINE HOURS .. WE ARE THERE ..<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15064\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15064\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15064\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50451-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5045[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50451-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50451-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50451.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20pt;\">AMAZING<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong> .. WE WERE DUE-IN AT 3:30pm ..\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Will all of you just look-at-the clock in these two photos!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15065\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15065\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15065\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50461-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5046[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50461-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50461-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50461.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a train load of people from 25-coaches unloading believe me it was rush-hour-traffic time ..<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15066\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15066\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15066\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50471-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5047[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50471-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50471-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN50471.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15077\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15077\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51831-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5183[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51831-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51831-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51831.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I walked back to my apartment .. It took forty (40) minutes .. I talked with Patti on my cell phone all-the-way home to my apartment. Nice .. Very Nice ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15079\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15079\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15079\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN464811-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4648[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN464811-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN464811-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN464811.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15080\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15080\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN46501-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4650[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN46501-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN46501-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN46501.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15081\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15081\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN46511-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4651[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN46511-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN46511-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN46511.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15078\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15078\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN464711-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4647[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN464711-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN464711-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN464711.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below are two of my major land-marks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14020\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14020\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43451-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4345[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43451-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43451-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43451.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14018\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14018\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43561-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4356[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43561-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43561-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43561.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are getting very close ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=14014\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14014\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43591-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4359[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43591-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43591-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN43591.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MY Super Market ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=13759\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13759\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN38091-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN3809[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN38091-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN38091-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN38091.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MY building .. MY lake and all ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15086\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15086\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15086\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN37601-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN3760[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN37601-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN37601-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN37601.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In we go ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15083\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15083\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15083\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN37721-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN3772[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN37721-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN37721-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN37721.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We ARE indeed home ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=13619\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13619\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13619\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN37372-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN3737[2]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN37372-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN37372-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN37372.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>DOES\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THIS\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;\"><b>FEEL GREAT !!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=15087\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15087\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15087\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51881-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5188[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51881-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51881-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN51881.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;\"><b>WHEW !!\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over And Out with Great Joy .. For Now I&#8217;ve Nothing More To Say .. Except To Say Once More..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>THIS WAS\u00a0ABSOLUTELY\u00a0..\u00a0WITHOUT A DOUBT ..<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>\u00a0THE BEST TRAIN TRIP\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong> <strong>THAT I HAVE EVER .. IN ALL OF MY LIFE .. ENJOYED.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cap <span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>AND<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Patti ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Part 1 of this set of two posts I showed you the Sukhbaatar Railway Station and neighboring environs as well as my hotel. In Part 2 we are going&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,232,234,233,221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-people","category-mongolian-railway","category-people-of-mongolia","category-sukhbaatar","category-trains-railways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14969"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62540,"href":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14969\/revisions\/62540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}