Hohhot's not so hot...

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. A stone's throw away from Mongolia which much of the same scenery plus the usual Chinese influences.

As our LP book says, if you want to see Mongolia, go to Mongolia...

Advice which I say can be taken seriously. For whatever reason something about this town has irked me.

Could be from the multiple tour guide touts trying to sell us trips into the grasslands while we were looking at a room, or from the fact the hotel reception warned us about watching our money if we are at the train station, or from the fact that the restaurant we just ordered lunch at didn't have the beef noodle soup we wanted but instead proceeded to give us some noodle soup with egg and tomato! WTF?!?

Anyhoo...my rage aside, there's not a heck of a lot to see here and unless you want to go to Mongolia, I wouldn't bother to stop here.

An aside to Mongolia, there's a consulate here you can get your visa at, and you can buy the Hohhot to Ulanbaataar train tickets directly from the train station thus avoiding those expensive travel agent fees.