Arrival
We are Here! It was a very long journey but well worth it! After leaving home on Monday 14th Feb, Shani and I arrived in Mongolia this morning 16th Feb at 7.05. The long wait at Moscow airport gave us a great opportunity to fuly immerse ourselves in the research issues. Those who know me will not be surprised to learn that we never stopped talking! The flight into Mongolia was long and we landed in the darkness of early morning, just before the dawn. It was quite unnerving to see no surrounding lights as we circled to land. We are so used to seeing buildings and settlements surrounding Western airports but there was nothing except for the airport. Getting our bags and clearing Customs took no time at all and before we knew it we were outside the airport building and really in Mongolia. It is a frozen world of mountains, far away horizons and snow everywhere. The cold is biting and the air is very clear. The hotel is fine and we had a breakfast meeting with a key contact - well, we are only here for a week so we might as well get right on with the job! We have a meal planned for tonight and at the weekend we are going to visit a ger (traditional tent dwelling). Tomorrow and Friday are packed full of meetings - which will stop me from missing everyone back home. Wish us luck and thanks for all the messages - keep them coming and watch out for the next installment of our Mongolian diary.
posted by Helen J @ 2:46 PM
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Hi Helen and Shani: good to hear that you are both safe and well and obviously planning to be really busy. it is very frosty here in North wales this morning but I doubt it is as cold as where you are thought the language issues might be about the same! All the best: Sandra
Glad to hear you both arrived safely. I'm not going to say anything about the weather - oops I just did. Hope the meetings go well - and look forward to hearing all about the ger visit x
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