Thursday, August 15, 2013

31 most MeMorAbLe (The GoOd, BAD aNd the UgLy) MoMenTs during PCV training (in No particular order)



1.     The introductions to the bathrooms (outhouses with holes in the floor)
2.     A CYD’r get’s rabbies shot because he gets bit by Hasha Dog
3.     Three CYD PCV’S Leaving
4.     Goat Intestines for lunch the first day I arrive
5.     WOXNOP (kids camp)
6.     Toilet explodes water all over the bathroom in the Darkhan hotel (the walls, shower and floor were soaked!
7.     Gathering honey from the bees and getting over my bee phobia pretty quickly
8.     Playing in a Basketball tournament at the children’s camp
9.     Boodog (goat carcass filled with hot rocks and blowtorched on the outside)
10.                        Mongolian countryside
11.                        Karaoke in Darkhan
12.                        Club DD in Darkhan
13.                        My dell debacle
14.                        My cell phone and the jarlong
15.                        American music constantly blasting in the next door neighbors yard
16.                        Amazing Sunsets and views
17.                        Cramming an insane amount of people in one room for sleep
18.                        PCV outings in the woods
19.                        The Golth (river)
20.                        Experiencing the burn of the Nettle (a plan that leaves you with hives)
21.                        Riding the train to Darkhan
22.                        Watching Mongolian Dance
23.                        Attending Naddam for the first time
24.                        Mongolian Helth hitchel (mongolian language class)
25.                        Having a warm shower every morning
26.                        Having an amazing meeting with the director Darlene
27.                        Cheech and Chong, the dogs who followed us around whenever we were at school
28.                        Our language lesson followed by Peeve at an “Irish” bar
29.                        Our cross cultural cooking class
30.                        Spraining (aka breaking)  my finger at camp
And last but not least…
31.                        Finding out that on that MONGOLIA is the HARDEST PEACE CORPS COUNTRY TO BE IN AND, on Holidays most Peace Corps sites toast us( did you know FIJI is a PEACECORP site and not just paradise?) stating: “at least were not in MONGOLIA!

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