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Mark & Kara's Travels: July 2011
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Links to Photos on Facebook. Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Last Blog Post from Mongolia. I read what Mark posted earlier today and thought it was very nicely composed. I don’t want to compete with his post, but thought that maybe I should share some of my own thoughts. On the other hand, I still love the attention I get from kids in Arkhangai just walking around town. Everyday there are always at least a few kids who shout, “HI! I’m especially looking forward to working with people who are all fluent in ...
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Mark & Kara's Travels: June 2011
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Links to Photos on Facebook. Sunday, June 19, 2011. A spastic update on life lately. We've got a little more than a month left in Mongolia - that's it! It's crazy. I haven't fully mentally prepared myself for returning to the US. I've been so busy lately helping train the new group of volunteers that just arrived that I haven't had much time to sit down and think about all my own stuff. Links to this post. Sunday, June 12, 2011. Saturday, May 21, 2011 was Arkhangai Aimag’s First Annual Health Fair! We...
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Mark & Kara's Travels: May 2011
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Links to Photos on Facebook. Thursday, May 19, 2011. Though it's hard for Mark and I to believe, the end of our 2 years of service is coming to an end soon! We received official approval from our Peace Corps Mongolia Country Director to conclude our service and fly home July 24. And a couple more tourism trainings for local businesses. We'll head into UB a few days before our official Close of Service date to do gobs of paperwork and medical check-ups. We're visiting one of my best friends and her husban...
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Mark & Kara's Travels: Mongolian Helmet Project
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Links to Photos on Facebook. The Mongolian Helmet Project is one of the project's that I've started working on with my organization. You can find info here:. Http:/ www.mongolianhelmetproject.com/. And the basic description is below. What is the Mongolian Helmet Project? You can help these children continue to participate in this century-old tradition without having to risk serious injuries or their life. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Last Blog Post from Mongolia. Хөх Нуур (Blue Lake).
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Mark & Kara's Travels: Хөх Нуур (Blue Lake)
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Links to Photos on Facebook. Sunday, July 17, 2011. Хөх Нуур (Blue Lake). And generally baked in the 80 degree sunshine! No sound, only pictures). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Last Blog Post from Mongolia. Хөх Нуур (Blue Lake). More Naadam - photos/video. Mongolian Wrestling - video. The contents of this blog are entirely ours and in no way represent the thoughts or beliefs of the U.S. Peace Corps or the United States government. Some websites we think are cool . . .
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Mark & Kara's Travels: Mongolian Wrestling - video
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Links to Photos on Facebook. Monday, July 11, 2011. Mongolian Wrestling - video. The second video is of the other Tim.he manages to take down one of the largest Mongolians on the field. After a few minutes of holding each other, we managed to capture video of the takedown. It's quite impressive. And really just a great move. Enjoy. We'll try to post more pictures and video in the coming days. Hopefully. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Last Blog Post from Mongolia. Хөх Нуур (Blue Lake).
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Mark & Kara's Travels: Tourism Marketing Trainings
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Links to Photos on Facebook. Friday, July 1, 2011. It's obviously been much too long since I last wrote (about 2 months! However, I have an excuse. I've actually been working! Well, traveling for work is a more appropriate description. A few months back when I realized that my grant funded unique business competition was going to be completed by May, I thought to myself "you should plan some sort of work for June so that you're not 'bored' at work during your last few weeks in. Afterward we decided to go...
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Mark & Kara's Travels: About Mongolia
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Links to Photos on Facebook. BBC Country Profile: Mongolia. NPR Special Series: Mongolia in Transition. BBC News Article by Kara Estep. NY Times Article: Winter Leaves Mongolians a Harvest of Carcasses. MSNBC Article: Will Cash for Carcasses Work in Mongolia? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Last Blog Post from Mongolia. Хөх Нуур (Blue Lake). More Naadam - photos/video. Mongolian Wrestling - video. Some websites we think are cool . . . Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Mark & Kara's Travels: December 2010
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Links to Photos on Facebook. Friday, December 31, 2010. Shin Jil - pronounced "sheen" (like Charlie Sheen), "jeel" (rhymes with meal), but the "l" on the end of jil has a bit of an l-th sound. Get some saliva rolling around in your mouth and then say it. And the whole thing, шинэ жилийн баярын мэнд хүргае! Shin jillin bayariin mend hurgae! Where are you from? To a Mongolian or American? Do you have children? Which apartment building do you live in? How old are you? Yes, cool.}. The more sparkles, the shi...
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