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Oasis Rest Day 2
Spent the day wandering round UB and getting the bike cleaned. Found a great café on the main drag at the far end of town with free wifi, got to speak with the owner who also ran customised Mongolian tours everything from fishing trips thru trekking staying in Gers etc. Suggested she leave her details at the oasis for future travellers. UB's a frontier town but like all these places when you know your way around there are always oasis that make these places liveable. Used the bus system to get around pretty efficient and much cheaper than taxis the only difficulty is understanding which bus goes where once you've got that info you're fine. Some of the guys witnessed a half arsed attempt at robbing the conductor but apparently the conductor kicked the guy of the bus and beat the Bejesus out of him at the side of the road, sounds like he needs to take up a different profession. There are some rough boys here though you wouldn't want to be wandering around the streets at night, apparently pick pocketing in the market is endemic a couple of the boys had their pockets picked but luckily the thieves were spotted and "forced" to return the items.
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