Hohhot 24.08.12

Aimee and I woke up pretty early and fussed around avoiding the Chinese breakfast and instead went with the much needed oats and honey for breakfast with Bec something that we actually bought in Beijing before getting on the train, our bowels are thankful today I think.
We went down to meet with Tom but instead Frank arrived as Tom had an emergency so Frank would be our guide for the day.
He took us to shopping complex for a quick lunch and headed off to the Government Building for the General overseeing the civil war era an ancient complex designed for the officers of the Qing Dynasty. Quite interesting but many many tourists, after that we headed off to the Inner Mongolian Museum where we saw the most beautiful art works from the age of Inner Mongolia's alliance with the Huns and some historical pieces from ancient times. I was really impressed with their display of prehistoric dinosaur bones and animals, they had mammoths, ancient elephants and horses quite incredible. They had all those dinosaurs that you see in Jurassic Park but never actually see the bones for because they are from different countries.
Today was definitely a lazy day but I really think we needed it, we just enjoyed Hohhot for the city that it was and prepared ourselves for a long train ride.......Mongolia awaits.