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Mongolia

Mom, Dad, I am NOT in a Cult

by Sophie Heny, of University of Vermont Round River Mongolia study abroad program – Fall 2019 “I am not atrocious. I am well above atrocity. There is no group I’d rather be beaten up by. Bob’s puns are funny. I can pish a tit!…

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Water birds: most fair, some fowl

by Qingqing Yang, of Colby College Mongolia Study Abroad – Fall 2019 semester We camped for 9 days in front of Battogtokh’s (a park ranger) house on the steppe, an expansive grassland surrounded by mountains. On the interspersed lakes here,…

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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…