Recently, 25 senior citizens over the age of 55 years, backpacked by train on the Trans-Siberia Railway .
Kindergarten operator, Jariah Baharom, 66, was very active and energetic during the whole journey, despite having to repeatedly board and disembark from trains with her heavy backpack. The participants then took a bus to the Mongolian border at Zamiin-udd before continuing their train journey for 14 hours to Ulaanbaatar.
The gers they lived in, Magic Rock Tourist Camp in Terelj National Park, Nalaikh, about an hour journey from the Mongolian capital was run by a Malaysian, Kelvin Chong.