we have been in and around ulaabaatar for quite a while now and the camp is getting quite restless.

yesterday was a fairly bad day (apart from the quiz in the evening- i think we all know what happened there) for daddy and tessie. just as they were going into an internet cafe a man tried to rob tessie but she screamed, punched him and then daddy tackled him to the ground. the man did not put up much of a fight but his friends tried to make daddy let the man go and all the monolians came into the street and told daddy to let them go. a man from europe managed to phone the police and told daddy and tessie that he had robbed him the year before. teh police turned up and hit the would-be-thief twice before taking him to the police station. daddy and tessie wne to the police station to give a statemetn adn were told to come back the next day so that daddy could be reimbursed for his glasses that broke in the foray.
lewis and i were not there and so missed the excitement.

matt (fellow camper), was also with them and helped and bought daddy a big cake for bravery.

the attempted robbery was the last straw as the day before daddy had had his boots stolen from inside the tent in the middle of the night. never fear, daddy managed to get some really quite solid second hand boots that we think once belonged to edmund hillary. although we have been in one place we a still shocked at the amount of crime in this city, especially as nothing happened to us in the whole of russia.


a couple of days ago we managed to get our visas extended until the 23rd of september. we are hoping to leave on the 22nd but have got an extra day just incase of any problems.

on a lighter note:
i would like everyone to recognise that it is my birthday on 12th of september and expect that all readers of the blog (i know you are out there ling) will wish me well.