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Mongolia

Mongolia

Visiting the Tengish-Shishged with Ranger Battogtokh

by Klara Gabriela Heuchert, of Carleton College Mongolia Study Abroad – Fall 2019 semester – September 6-14 Tengish-Shishged:  Two furgons full of eight students, three Round River instructors, our sweet cook, Amkaa, and two very capable Mongolian furgon drivers travelled…

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Trekking the Horidol Saridag

By Micah May, of University of Northern British Columbia Mongolia Study Abroad – Fall 2019 semester – Aug 20th – Sept 5th, 2019 As I sit outside of our basecamp watching the sun set over the Horidol Saridag Mountains, it…

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Nomadic Sense of Home

by Noah Savage, of Williams College Mongolia Study Abroad – Fall 2019 semester How do I leave a home, make a new one, then pack that one up again? Can I carry home with me while I travel? Over this past…

Mongolia

These Are My People

The ‘gang’, including (back left to right) Isaac, Rosie, Lonnie, Micah, Noah, and (front to rear) Klara, Qingqing, and Sophie. by Rosie Hust, of Colby College Mongolia Study Abroad – Fall 2019 semester After 2 flights and 16 hours of…

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The Gang’s All Here

by Chyanne Smith, of Weber State University When I was accepted into Round River, I immediately wondered what everyone else in the program would be like. I wondered if everyone would get along, if I would fit in, what kind…