Mongolia without a yurt|Sunday Travel|chinadaily.com.cn: "The planet's most sparsely populated country is a land of contrasts, reports Lee Hannon, offering untold mineral wealth, smart new hotels and warm hospitality, but lacking the elegance of some other Asian countries.
An almighty thud reverberated down my spine as I turned to see the man crash to the floor of the bus. It's 11 am in Mongolia and I have just been head-butted by a local so drunk that when he staggered to take his seat, he missed - and accidentally propelled himself onto me. Nobody on the packed bus batted an eyelid. It was as if the overwhelming stench of alcohol had created a force field around him so strong that nobody dared go near.
Eyes wild, face wind-chapped and booze-bloated, he looked equally dazed and confused as he gripped the dirty floor like a child who had lost his step on a bouncy castle."
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