section three: terelj

Terelj is a national park about 60 kilometers from UB. It was an amazing overnight trip.



The mongolians: Our hosts and owners of five gers, ten horses. They took us horse riding through the fields and practiced their favorite (and nearly only) English phrase: "Yes, No, OK?" I'm still not sure what this asks. We usually responded with a confident reply-statement: "Yes, No, OK!" They also gave us chunks of mutton from their stew to chew on.

Alister and Katherine: Erudite young couple from London. Kat likes to read good books and suggested several. She supports Manchester United. Ali likes and plays rugby and cricket. He is also in to wine. He'll be volunteering at a winery in Napa for a month next year. They are both excelent card players. I imagine they would get along perfectly with Evan and Jenny.


Pictured: Will, James, Vank, Lance, Me, and Tina. Lance messed up my 10 second timer shot by attempting to put his arms on our shoulders. Oh well.

Claire and Christina:English teachers (in Korea) from South Africa and Boston, respectively. They don't like Korean food. Tina grew up on delicious Italian all her life. Claire took my copy of "The Count of Monte Cristo" to read on the way back to Seoul.

James and William:Two shaggy-haired 18-yr-olds from England. James says "mmm" like he's pondering his next comment or your previous one. William confidently suggested that the opposite country of Canada is Gabon.



Peter and Vanessa:Dutch couple with whom we travelled to the Gobi. Peter is loud and boisterous, Vanessa is more reserved. They are going to visit Argentina next year at my suggestion.

Vank: Loud, young, cursing, american economist from New York who loves to string sentences together berating America for being sheltered, uneducated, etc. When Will and James suggested that coverage of our presidential election is better in England than in the US, his reply in agreement included the f-word at least ten times - he wishes we had a new source like the BBC. He would very much like to see Gabon beat Canada in curling.