Posts from June 2006

Wedding, UB Style

June 7, 2006

By Charlie Ariunaa and Luke got married today. They picked me up at about 11:30 this morning. We took a taxi to the place where marriages are registered. I was to be the witness. Luke and I went in the front, while Ariunaa went around back to pay the registration fee at the bank. How […]

Mixed Signals

June 7, 2006

By Charlie The Snouts have hit the big time. You can now read Snouts material on Mixed Signals, the NPR News blog. A few weeks ago, I wrote an entry about NPR Engineer Michael Cullen. We met him in Beijing and then spent a week together in Mongolia. This week, I wrote about NPR General […]

Risotto

June 5, 2006

By Rachel Last night, I imagine we were the only people in all of Mongolia eating risotto. In February our friend Jenn, an excellent cook and nutritionist, sent us two boxes full of healthy food. One box arrived in early March, and we feasted on blue corn pancakes. The other box finally arrived in mid-May, […]

Housekeeping

June 5, 2006

By Rachel My job at the Children’s Palace ended several weeks ago, and my volunteer work for the Mongolian Education Alliance has gradually faded away. I ended my Mongolian lessons in early May, before our Gobi trip. So all my organized activities are gone – baiquay, as the Mongolians would say. So what does this […]

Amazing Race

June 1, 2006

By Charlie Wednesday, May 31 was cold and rainy in UB. Rachel and I went to the gym in the late morning and then enjoyed lunch at our favorite ex-pat watering hole. As the lattes arrived, we saw a horde of alpha-humans charging through the courtyard of the monastery/museum across the street. Each team of […]

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