Back in UB

On Thursday (7 August) I woke up to snow for the second day in a row. My poison ivy was better so I decided not to go to the doctor. But I didn't feel like doing anything so I laid around the hostel all day watching movies and reading. I also got my laundry done including some pants that hadn't been washed in about 5 weeks. They nearly walked to the washer by themselves! I managed to get out of the hostel only long enough to go to the store. Poison ivy has a way of really depressing me and making me lazy. It was a long day.

On Friday (8 August) I woke up to snow again in UB. Wow. I'm really digging this colder weather. My poison ivy is better today and I think it is in remission. My arm is still a little swollen but its noticiably better especially on my face and fingers.

Soon I will need to go on to Beijing. It sounds like I probably won't be able to take a train all the way there because some tour operator apparently books out all the train tickets weeks in advance. That is pretty shitty. So what every one has been doing is taking a train to the Mongolian-Chinese border and taking a bus the rest of the way. This is really a bummer for me as I wanted to take only trains.