LiVe, LoVe, LaUgH and EXPLORE!: August 2013

HoMeSTaY PiCtURes!

Naadam:

Contolic my nephew. Loved him!

My Homestay mother Torga!

Me on the train to Darkhan to see Dana and Michelle...my homestay sister and niece.

My Homestay brothers and Father (Pec)

My honestay sisters Toya (in the background and my sisters in law Dana and .....?.....)

A Family photo in the garden (Jack, my homestay brother and my homestay parents)

Mookbuyer, my homestay brother.

My Cousin's...

My sister in Law and nephew!

My home-stay family!

My nieces and Nephews!

Flower's that my Homestay Family grew!

I got this steamer. Some off brand, probably Chinese plastic pink pitcher looking steamer that is NOT ONLY for clothing, but can be used on your face! Exciting right? Instead of using it for my clothing, I have been steaming my face at night on the low setting. It feels great and makes my skin feel extremely clean. Last night, I decided to steam my face really well. It had been a couple of days since I used it and thought right before bed it would be the perfect time. So, I plugged it in, added water and turned it on high. There I am, sitting in bed waiting for it to heat up and it starts steaming. I go to grab it and it starts spurting out boiling water at me. I manage to somehow drop it and it continues to spurt painfully at my legs. By the time it is done, my bed is soaked and my ankles are throbbing from first degree burns. I curse loudly, pop some advil, use some of the Calagel in my med kit and placed a wrapped ice pack on the most severely burnt leg. Luckily, when I woke up today and took a look at my leg, it just appeared that I received a pretty bad sunburn! I have decided from now on that when in Mongolia, any item you purchase could burn, scar, injure or assault you, since clearly, there appear to be zero regulations on electronics. My rule of thumb from now on is trust nothing electronic that you buy for 25000 tugrigs or 17 American dollars!

CYD Pictures!

For the first two months of service each sector of the M-24's was separated into various aimag centers and soums. Shammar was where CYD ended up. It was an amazing time that will always be remembered!

How many CYD'rs does it take to build a fire in the woods???? All of them!!

Shammar's superman stance!


We loved the river, and spent a great deal of time there!

Scott's Ger...where we cooked one afternoon!

The Big Dog is Cheech, we often fed him and another dog Chong at school. They usually followed us around. They were extremely friendly despite Mongolian ideals suggesting otherwise. The small dog is Scott's Hasha dog!

Our first shot at Mongolian food...

Shane's Birthday!

Shammar goes to Sukkbatar, and Jake looks great in my Del!

The "Irish" American pub...Angela and Sonio (our language teacher!)

Family appreciation Day! We made spaghetti and grilled cheese sandwiches!

Zaya...our other Language Teacher!

Those Shammar views were incredible!

Just Another CYD outing in the Woods!

At the river with Shane!!

Shane after a clean Shave: My teacher's were so impressed they made me take a picture of this "move star" and them!

Angela and I found a nice spot in the woods to sit and talk...we realized afterwards that this skull was hanging in the tree above where we were sitting!