Khorkhog

Nim, an internal medicine doctor at a private hospital in UB, wants to practice her English with us this summer while she's in C-town.  To finally meet each other, she organized a khorkhog for us!

The ger camp.  We were in the one to the far left.

 Little boxes...And they all look just the same!

 Khorkhog cookin'!

 Delger, Hongora and me at the river.

 Me and Nim.

 This is what was waiting for me as I came up the trail!

 The khorkhog needed 30 more minutes so we decided to hike up this hill.

 View from the top.

 At the top...You know what that means!  Photo series!

 Hurrrrr!

 Strike a pose!

 Yeay!

 The thinker.

 Jump!

 John, Bimba and me at the top.

Back hangin' in the ger.

 Khorkhog!  Those black stones do the cooking.

 Shine naiz!

 This is Nim's brother (he's the director of their hospital).  He came late, but announced his arrival by squirting us!

 So cute.

 Then we played gar bombog.  I actually missed this serve which was totally embarrassing.

 Always coaching...

We stayed at the ger camp until about 11 when the meeker came back for us.  It was much later than I expected but having been here for a year now, I kinda knew that was going to happen.  I thankfully left Bambuul out of her crate and with a new chewie in anticipation of exactly that happening.  Luckily she only piddled once the entire 15 hours I was gone! Although when I did get home she wanted to play and I wanted to sleep...

Up next this week: Naadam!  Followed by my Women's Empowerment Seminar this weekend and the trip out to Khalkhin Gol early next week.  It's gonna be a busy/fun two weeks!