Some of the mountains on the way are quite spectacular.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

The main rest stop between Hohhot and Baotou, about a 3 hour ride. The bridge crosses the toll road to the mirror-image rest stop on the other side.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

To lush green irrigated fields trying to survive in the shadow of the encroaching Gobi Desert.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

The differences in the Inner Mongolian countryside are quite dramatic, from bone dry...
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Hittin' the road, Inner Mongolian style...
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Huhhot welcomes you.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

In Beijing many signs are in Chinese and English...but here the secondary language is Mongolian. We're heading on to the Hohhot-Baotou expressway, linking Inner Mongolia's two main cities, its fairly pleasant capital and the dust-strewn streets of the coal-mining megalopolis of Baotou (which is where we'll spend the night at the far western end of town).
EAP China! Robert Klein.

Hohhot seems to have quite a lot of Islamic-inspired architecture, though it all seems brand-spanking knew.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

They even have a Yurt/Ger/MengGuBao where we decided to worship our deserving classmate.
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This may be the tallest doll I've ever scene.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

And what hospital would be complete without the "nature" scene. Usually this showcases fauna, but here it showcases Mongolians living in teepees.
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Mongolian Chess!
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Traditional Mongolian dress on full-size dolls!
EAP China! Robert Klein.

Many of our fellow travellers didn't find the overnight train entirely restful.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

Of course, there's the requisite Jurassic Park video playing in the background.
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Real dinosaur eggs!
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It seems like it'd be very unpleasant to find yourself on the other end of these babies.
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Our very nice tour guide showing us around...probably one of the best English speakers in the province.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

This is our bus, apparently rented from the Inner Mongolian Mangement Office of the Chinese Civil Aviation Corporation (the mother corporation of all Chinese state run airlines), complete with Mongolian subtitles.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

The Inner Mongolia Museum, featuring dinosaurs!
EAP China! Robert Klein.