After Bayanzad, we drove into town to stay in a hotel nearer to the airport as we had an early flight back to Ulan Bator.
While it looked glam on the outside, it wasn't as comfortable as the ger camps we had been staying. No heating, no hot showers.
Wild flowers were also blooming by the end of our journey.
We got on the plane and headed back to Ulan Bator, Spend the last couple of days visiting town square, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, monasteries and museums. Also did some last minute shopping. Bought some Russian caviar which were really cheap, few packs of Arak, fermented camel's milk, couple of Chingis Gold etc.
Our guides took us out for a nice Mongolian BBQ dinner on the last night. While the food out of Ulan Bator was quite simple and mostly just meat dishes with mutton being served most of the time. Restaurants in Ulan Bator was quite good. I don't actually remember have any bad meals in Ulan Bator. Korean influence was very strong and lots of Korean restaurants can be found everywhere.
Our flight out was just as memorable. We got hauled up at the airport for overstaying and not having valid visas, paid a fine ( how could we have overlooked this ! ). Flight from Ulan Bator to Beijing was delayed by a few hours due to bad weather and we missed our connecting flight out. Had to go through immigration process rebook flight before finally making it back home. What a journey !
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