Title: Sarah in Mongolia (
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Visiting the Reindeer Herders - 03/Aug/2010 11:35 - 5238 days ago
I took a Russian jeep from Khatgal at the end of the Khuvsgul lake 12 hours drive to the most Northerly town in Mongolia - Tsaag...
Khuvsgul horse riding adventure - 25/Jul/2010 14:41 - 5247 days ago
After a wonderful night in the hotel which I didn't want to leave, I met up with the 3 French girls who would make up the horse ...
Visit to North West Mongolia - 17/Jul/2010 12:10 - 5255 days ago
The furthest West point of my trip was Uliastai in Zavkhan aimag/province. The family of a tour guide friend of mine live in and...
Choibalsan and a "spa" visit - 09/Jul/2010 14:12 - 5263 days ago
Unfortunately my trip to the Gobi got cancelled due to extreme temperatures, so I reorganised and headed to Choibalsan to the vo...
Untitled - 30/Jun/2010 02:45 - 5272 days ago
I have had a busy week or two here in Mongolia! In the past 2 weeks I have helped my colleagues write two proposals, done some w...
Mum's big adventure! - 18/Jun/2010 14:25 - 5284 days ago
So apologies to all of you who haven't heard from me for a week, but Mum was visiting on her big adventure! Her first Solo trip ...
Mum's big adventure! - 18/Jun/2010 11:21 - 5284 days ago
So apologies to all of you who haven't heard from me for a week, but Mum was visiting on her big adventure! Her first Solo trip ...
Book Ger and VSO summer conference - 10/Jun/2010 02:07 - 5292 days ago
I have had a very busy week with work, VSO stuff and a VSO summer conference, not to mention my Mum arrives in Mongolia this eve...
Horse riding and finishing a placement - 03/Jun/2010 01:47 - 5299 days ago
The weather in Mongolia has finally warmed up, literally within a couple of weeks we have gone from pretty chilly days under 5 d...
Horse riding, camping and rafting (oh and majorly sore sunburn :() - 27/May/2010 11:25 - 5306 days ago
So after a day to recuperate from the bus journey I described previously, I headed out to Terelj national park with some friends...
Visit to the countryside - 20/May/2010 13:31 - 5313 days ago
A whole post on a bus journey may have been too much, but I wanted to share the experience with you, and not post a mammoth blog...
A bus journey in Mongolia - 20/May/2010 13:00 - 5313 days ago
A bus journey in Mongolia is an intriguing experience! To many it is purely a method to get from one point to another as efficie...
And then the winds came - 05/May/2010 08:06 - 5328 days ago
The crazy spring weather has continued. Although it is now consistently warm (and it even hit positive 21 on Friday!) over the w...
Cashmere Shopping, Protesting and Crazy Spring Weather - 26/Apr/2010 11:17 - 5337 days ago
I had a lovely weekend last weekend. Sadly Sarah, my flat mate has moved out as we are moving into 2 separate apartments. I will...
Protests, basket ball games and flights home - 16/Apr/2010 14:16 - 5347 days ago
Last week was a very good week!! We had out meeting about the funding we are getting and everyone is very happy and we are going...
TV Show - 15/Apr/2010 09:24 - 5348 days ago
For those of you who are interested a local English TV channel made a 30 minute show about my organisation - the Mongolian educa...
Easter Celebrations - 07/Apr/2010 13:42 - 5356 days ago
This week was the first week of me being properly part time at both MEA and CMTU. Of course it was a busy week as it started wit...
Mongolia is melting - 31/Mar/2010 12:40 - 5363 days ago
Back to regular service!Now it is warming up we are trying to make the most of it before the nasty spring wind and sand storms s...
A public service announcement - 31/Mar/2010 12:27 - 5363 days ago
Hopefully you have all see the news reports on the BBC and heard of the appeal the red cross is having right now to try and help...
A quiet few weeks.......... - 18/Mar/2010 13:24 - 5376 days ago
Well I have been back from Khuvsgul for 3 weeks now and I am only just getting over the post holiday blues!! So whats been going...
Ice Festival - 09/Mar/2010 06:09 - 5385 days ago
On Friday 20th March we headed 26 hours north of Ulaanbaatar to Khuvsgul lake in a small Russian minivan which had heating that ...
Eagle Festival - 02/Mar/2010 11:16 - 5392 days ago
On the day after Tsaagan Tsar there is a day of rest to recover from the over indulgence of the two previous days and to digest ...
Tsaagan Tsar - 15/Feb/2010 07:29 - 5407 days ago
Apologies if this post isn't terribly coherent - I have had a lot of vodka, Airag (femented mares milk)and Buuz so feeling a lit...
Birthday excitement and Tsaagan Tsar lessons - 09/Feb/2010 12:01 - 5413 days ago
I had a fantastic birthday weekend starting with a lovely quiet Saturday spent reading the paper at the Bakeri Cafe, one of my f...
Italian themed weekend and Horse riding in Terelj - 02/Feb/2010 12:48 - 5420 days ago
The last two weeks have been a little bit more eventful than anticipated! With 3 proposals due in and training on Fundraising to...
Birthday Shenanigans! - 17/Jan/2010 06:26 - 5436 days ago
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Untitled - 17/Jan/2010 05:37 - 5436 days ago
So having complained I have had nothing to do, I have suddenly 6 thousand things to do! I have 2 proposals due in in the next 2 ...
Baking cakes and earthquakes! - 11/Jan/2010 09:44 - 5442 days ago
I have hit the 2 months at placement mark and I am finally feeling like I know what is going on and I am able to get things done...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! - 02/Jan/2010 09:24 - 5451 days ago
It has been an interesting two weeks since my last post and a very cold two weeks as the temperature has now dropped to proper M...
2 Months In Country and Christmas parties galore! - 21/Dec/2009 12:34 - 5463 days ago
Another week down and we have been in country over 2 months! It has been a long and busy week as our Christmas party was on Thur...
Christmas party in Terelj - 13/Dec/2009 12:20 - 5471 days ago
Horse back riding through the treesMulled wine to warm us up!The cutest child ever!Christmas PresentsSledding poses!Our Country ...
Photos of MEA projects - 13/Dec/2009 11:17 - 5471 days ago
Games with puppetsKids hard at work in classKids here do the cleaning work tooPaintings on the wallKids playing in the READ clas...
Christmas fever has hit Mongolia - 13/Dec/2009 10:35 - 5471 days ago
I am aware that Mongolia does not celebrate Christmas, being a non-Christian country, however they apparently havent got the mem...
Shopping and winter sports - 09/Dec/2009 05:12 - 5475 days ago
Unfortunately last week started badly with my cough/cold meaning I missed a day of work and then was pretty miserable in work fo...
A very American week! - 30/Nov/2009 05:27 - 5484 days ago
It was an interesting week this week as an American supporter of MEA who is extremely well respected, was visiting for the week....
Terelj Pictures - 25/Nov/2009 06:30 - 5489 days ago
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From one extreme to the other! - 23/Nov/2009 10:22 - 5491 days ago
The last week in work has been picking up a little with some translation work to be done, my first English classes (which went v...
Started work! - 14/Nov/2009 05:48 - 5500 days ago
This week was the start of work, for better or worse this is what I am actually here to do and what I have been looking forward ...
Vol Comm and Moving In - 09/Nov/2009 10:00 - 5505 days ago
I am all recovered from my brush with the cold, and will be getting the flu shot this week to avoid getting that!On Friday night...
Apologies!! - 06/Nov/2009 09:00 - 5508 days ago
Sorry for the delay in posting but I have been a little unwell this week so getting to VSO with my laptop was more trouble than ...
Language School week 2 - 06/Nov/2009 08:37 - 5508 days ago
Unfortunately it has been a very quiet week as all of us except Sarah ended up getting sick. I missed 2.5 days of language schoo...
Host Visit - 06/Nov/2009 08:35 - 5508 days ago
Today we went on our host family stays. Following a quick stop at the corner store on the way to pick up some chocolates we went...
Language school - 06/Nov/2009 08:20 - 5508 days ago
And so to Language school! Our course is known as the survival course and we were more concerned about surviving the course than...
Black Market visit and 666 steps climbed! - 26/Oct/2009 09:27 - 5519 days ago
Saturday’s excitement was a trip to the black market – Naran Tuul – which is not an illegal market but rather a huge marke...
Week 1 of ICT - 26/Oct/2009 08:36 - 5519 days ago
From the faces and smiles of previous volunteers they hadn’t really enjoyed their ICT (In Country Training)so much as they fou...
Slow Sunday - 18th October - 20/Oct/2009 08:26 - 5525 days ago
We had a slow start on Sunday before heading out to the shops to get some necessities with one of the current vols. It was stran...
17th October - 19/Oct/2009 08:31 - 5526 days ago
After a rubbish nights sleep where my body decided it was morning at 2.30am, we headed out of Ulaanbaatar to a local national pa...
16th October - 19/Oct/2009 06:38 - 5526 days ago
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14 - 15th October - Travel to Mongolia - 19/Oct/2009 06:38 - 5526 days ago
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Two weeks to go!! - 30/Sep/2009 20:12 - 5545 days ago
This time in two weeks I will be sitting on my Korean Air plan ready to take off hopefully with all my worldly goods on the plan...
Leaving earlier than I thought!! - 24/Sep/2009 20:48 - 5551 days ago
So much has happened in the last 14 days but most unsettling was that my leaving date has been moved forward!!!The moving forwar...
It is all starting to feel real! - 13/Sep/2009 15:40 - 5562 days ago
It has been a busy couple of weeks but it has started to all feel real!!It started on Friday when I said my first goodbye. I had...
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