Chapter 6
The trip from New York City to Ulaanbaatar (Ulan Bator), the capital of the Republic of Mongolia had lasted a total of 18 hours, slightly longer than the established time, due to a snow storm that had delayed the departure from the Moscow airport. The two flights had been carried out on aircrafts of Aeroflot, the Russian airline. The second part, performed on a smaller aircraft, had been tiring, so when arriving at the Genghis Khan Airport in Ulaanbaatar they were exhausted. On the bus trip to the city and the hotel where they would stay for two days, both Selma and Martín fell asleep.
When they all woke up at noon the next day, the prolonged fast caused them to devour their breakfast and go to a neighboring inn to eat again. At the hotel they helped them obtain tickets on the
