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Saturday, October 11, 2008Part 2 :Inner Mongolia!!Train ride from Beijing to Inner Mongo was 12 hrs long, and utterly atrocious!!haha....due to the large number of travellers during this period, they allow standing passengers on board the train as well...yea stand for 12 hrs! But that also means, a cabin meant for 60 over people may now have 100 over people...we were like refugees for that 12 hrs! suffer...   After tht long ride, we finally reached Hohhot(capital city iof inner mongo) and headed straight to the grassland!! Autumn it is now, hence we din get to see limitless acres of green grass, but mostly brown instead...nevertheless, the view was great... Highlight of the day has to be horse riding!! We got to ride the horse and control em ourselves, i got 1 that was super duper hungry....kept bending down to eat!!haha..it was really fun, surprisingly easy but expectedly painful for the ass!!haha...i thought i knew the right technic of riding after awhile..but all tht bumping and galloping gave me some abrasion to bring home as well!!ouch...Looking into the huge grassland, listening to the wind...it was quite an experience...loved it!  Sunsets are nice, but sunrise is the best times of the day for me....coz its a brand new beginning and end of the dark!! I climbed out of bed at 430am in the freezing weather, met the rest to find our way to catch the sunrise! While waiting for mr sunrise, we stood out in the cold (barely reaching 5 degrees i believe)....and when we finally saw a line of orange....it was well worth the effort...nice:) Sunrise! Deserts have always been pictures and imaginations to me, this time round i got to be in one myself...and the best thing is...its not Hot!!haha...we visited the desert(highly commercialised already actually!) did some camel riding(they are really cool and peaceful creatures...and my ass din hurt!!) and did some sand wrestling with my tour guide as well(who loves to challenge me in wrestling,i dunoe y...hopefully not curz i look like a sumo!!)The desert was a really scenic place as well, but it didnt feel as inviting as the grassland...maybe coz i never even imagine myself to be in one...i kinda felt weird!!haha  Sand boarding!! Without a doubt, Genghis Khan has to be the biggest hero in mongolia!! We visited his memorial which was really cool...and had a quick lesson on his entire life journey!! Made my wish again at their 'Sacred stone pile'....which was suppose to be really gd!  Finally, when it all ended...i had to endure 30 hrs of train ride back to shanghai!!Went pass many many places..prob half of china!!haha...it wasnt that bad after all, and i got to see the autumn scenaries along the rural areas as well!! 30 hrs is long...but some slp, some card games, some psp and the ever-funny geraldine...helped shorten the trip i guess.haha... With that...i made my way back from the long long journey...that was exhilarating and really interesting. Got to do many things that ive never done before...see many things that ive never seen before...and the company was great as well!! I cant say for sure i'll be back again...coz its really out of the way no matter where you're coming from..haha..but i'll miss horse riding in the limtless land...and the sunrise!! 8:45 PMprofileName:Eugene Lee Age:25 Sex:Male Hobbies:Soccer/Basketball/Singing/Travelling style
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