Bargain

Ulan Bator

Saw the first evidence of the great man last night as I went for a pint of Genghis beer in the Genghis jazz club. After that moved on to a restaurant where I got a bowl of soup (mutton, naturally) a plate of steak with onions, potatoes and veg and another beer all for five dollars. That's less than three pounds. Feeling very satisfied I went back to my perfectly good two-quid-a-night hostel (breakfast included) and tried to work out how long I could make my budget last by staying here. I've probably got enough just to hang around indefinitely, although given my inability to ride, hunt or milk anything I don't think I'd be an attractive proposition on the labour market.