Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Einar. Happy Birthday to you!

The brothers were happy today when calling via mobile phone. They went to Novosibirsk this morning and got the tires they wanted for their trip into Mongolia. After that they rode about 360km to a small town called Biysh where they're staying at a small cute hotel.

As they were entering the hotel a Rotary meeting was starting and Sverrir got invited in. It turned out that they'd been waiting for someone and mistook Sverrir for that person. There was a person from Anchorage, Alaska, overseeing the meeting and he gave them their business card and made them promise to visit when they'd finally arrive. At the end of the meeting there were pictures being taken and our two travelers used the opportunity to take a few pictures as well. There was also a woman from a local newspaper who interviewed them and an article will be published one of the next few days.

Their room has the American history up on the walls and a disco ball hanging from the ceiling. A spring in Sverrir's mattress is poking through and the bottom of Einar's bed fell out as he took a seat on it.

Dinner was a nice Russian steak.

They've been in contact with Þór Daníelsson who works for the Red Cross in Mongolia and he's promised to help them while they're there. Einar also got an e-mail from a Japanese woman he's been trying to get in touch with since April in order to secure transport for the bikes from Japan to Alaska. Everything is looking good right now.

Hopefully they'll make it into Mongolia on Wednesday.