Heading into my second winter and dreading it. Summer was great, though much too short.
Still miss Indonesia.
Other blogs I like from Mongolia:
Skyetalks Blog - http://skyetalk.wordpress.com/
Peace Corps Mongolia - http://peacecorpsmongolia.wordpress.com/
Land of Blue Skies - http://blueskyland.wordpress.com/
Yuckiness without end I was a bit shaken this morning to see about seven cm of snow on the ground this morning at Terelj, the national park about an hour from Ulaanbaatar. Wet snow, not the dry powdery stuff we've been getting all winter. |
My wife loves the snow. She's miserable in the heat, but when the weather turns cold, her mood lightens and she feels alive. That's why she refused to live in Bali, but was willing to move to Mongolia, in spite of the weather and the smog. For anyone who's been to Bali, this is hard to grasp. The only thing Mongolia and Bali have in common is the time zone.
We are in Kiev for the holidays. Soft flakes are slowly falling, and everything is covered in white. Crisp and bright, just as she likes it. Her face is glowing, beautifully, inside her furry, black hood.
I don't think I will ever convince her to move back to Indonesia. But going back to Mongolia will not be a problem.
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In Kiev, the sky is heavy and leaden in winter. You almost never see the sun. It isn't as cold as in Mongolia, but the snow is wet, so the cold seeps right through your clothes and deep into your body.
I never thought I'd say this, but I miss the bright, sharp, winter sky in Mongolia.
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