Today was a long days driving to Ulan Bataar with few stops. We got up early and had a walk through the park area, avoiding the horses that were grazing along the verges. The park had obviously been well planned with fountains and sitting areas but it looked unkempt and neglected with lots of wild flowers and overgrown flower beds. There were very few birds other than Tree Sparrows and no sound of the Pallas’ Grasshopper Warbler that Martin had heard the first time.
We worked our way through breakfast before packing the cars up and setting off. We had a quick stop just outside the town for Great Jerboas, which we saw but very hard to photograph. We stopped at a couple of small pools but didn’t find anything and we had a comfort stop along the road where there were Brandt’s Voles and Picas everywhere.
The pool we stopped at on the way out was apparently dry so we didn’t go there. We stopped for lunch at the same restaurant as on the way down. There was some problem about the booking but this was soon sorted out and we were shown into a private room for lunch. As we approached Ulan Bataar the views became noticeably greener and Tumen stopped at one point to show us Wild Asses, which we presume, are part of the breeding programme. We turned off the main road along a track which crossed the Tulle river on a very rustic, old wooden bridge before making our way to the Mongolica Hotel. This was in a great setting with grassy lawns, trees and the river Tulle a short walk away.
We had time for a quick shower and sort out before we met up for dinner, negotiated our way through the menu, tried to catch up with the log and then settled down in a proper bedroom for the first time in about 10 days.
We worked our way through breakfast before packing the cars up and setting off. We had a quick stop just outside the town for Great Jerboas, which we saw but very hard to photograph. We stopped at a couple of small pools but didn’t find anything and we had a comfort stop along the road where there were Brandt’s Voles and Picas everywhere.
The pool we stopped at on the way out was apparently dry so we didn’t go there. We stopped for lunch at the same restaurant as on the way down. There was some problem about the booking but this was soon sorted out and we were shown into a private room for lunch. As we approached Ulan Bataar the views became noticeably greener and Tumen stopped at one point to show us Wild Asses, which we presume, are part of the breeding programme. We turned off the main road along a track which crossed the Tulle river on a very rustic, old wooden bridge before making our way to the Mongolica Hotel. This was in a great setting with grassy lawns, trees and the river Tulle a short walk away.
We had time for a quick shower and sort out before we met up for dinner, negotiated our way through the menu, tried to catch up with the log and then settled down in a proper bedroom for the first time in about 10 days.
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