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8th August So it seems i left Mongolia 9 days ago and i havent left a post since then, it takes a while to process the departure, im not even sure i can process it now as im in la-la … Continue reading →

So it seems like yesterday as well as years ago that i arrived in Mongolia, not knowing where i was or how on earth i was going to do my job for the next year. Now i am sitting here … Continue reading →

I think that when you plan a trip in Mongolia a few days before departure, and when I say plan I mean buy train tickets and leave the rest up to fate; I think you have finally become accustomed to … Continue reading →

So KK as usual puts me to shame with her blogging and has made me sit up in my bed on this lazy Sunday and write my next blog entry without a month or even 2 month break between posts. … Continue reading →

As usual its been a long time. The more time i spend here the more life becomes normal and i dont know what to write about. Its kinda Spring now, except for the snow which we awake to everynow and … Continue reading →

So onto the 2nd week away, Hovsgol Nuur a lake in the North of Mongolia, surface area 2760Km2, depth over 200m and age over 2 million years old. How to get there, either fly or choose the cheap adventurous option, … Continue reading →

This is the 1st of 2 blog entries about 2 separate trips to the countryside, one was work, one was play, both blew me away. After 6 months of working on my project it was finally decided that we should … Continue reading →

As i rapidly approach the 6 month mark i’m starting to get very anxious about work and how little has happened that i had planned. Since the trip to Beijing in November there have been many obstacles, changing desks/rooms=constant, interpreter … Continue reading →

At the biginning of December i went back home for 12 days and it was my job to be the Christmas food mule, or at least the ingredients for a typical English Christmas. I bought back all the ingredients for … Continue reading →

As the crazy, coal brown smog of UB enters our apartments as we sleep you feel the need to get out of the city more than usual, however you leave behing the comfort of the central heating and mobile phone … Continue reading →