First Recon Trip to the blocks I'll be mapping...
Task #1 come back with sample of reported Bitumen outcrop, hmmm scavenger hunt anyone?
Google Earth the coordinates
44 44 50N 102 01 50E Should get you to our camp outside the town of Bogd, Mongolia.
Back on Wed.
Cheers :)))
Friday, May 28, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Back from the countryside
Finally back to a computer and with time to twist-off and communicate!
The first week of work and life in UB has been both wonderful and action packed.
We are burning rubber and trying to get the first fieldwork session underway in the upcoming week! :))
This past weekend the company trucked off into the countryside and stayed at a Ger camp (yurt is an unused word here). Hope you enjoy the photos.
This was a company retreat so there was a good mix of the usual team building silliness and nocturnal "free" time (Mongolians take pride in their EXCELLENT vodka). And don't be foolish and ask for a mixer, this stuff is served warm and by the glassfull...bottle after bottle after bottle- YIKES!
All in all it was a great way to be introduced to both the landscape and my new co-workers.
Especially after our apres shenanigans, we are also now close friends. :))
Odbaatar and Saruul hamming up their paired dance session team-builder.
A fun drinking game that demands kissing...Male or Female. :O
A wonderfully quick way to become part of the team ;)
Tamra, Tiffany, Odbaatar, and Nansa (L to R and foreground) Bolor on far right
Brando makin' Mongolian friends too!
Leaving the confines of the city and seeing the natural beauty of this country was surreal. The landscape around UB rings eerily of the Rocky Mountain west (maybe a common thread to the whole intra-continental deformation thing).
(L to R: Doug(our CEO) Nasa, Oyun, Tiffany, Tamra, Me) And apparently I can levitate...
One wonderful thing about placing yourself far outside the comfort box is that every moment is a learning experience, and I love learning. The more I uncover about my cultural and natural surroundings, the more this foreign world seems familiar.
We are human and the rocks hold a story...just don't let your brain get in the way.
The first week of work and life in UB has been both wonderful and action packed.
We are burning rubber and trying to get the first fieldwork session underway in the upcoming week! :))
This past weekend the company trucked off into the countryside and stayed at a Ger camp (yurt is an unused word here). Hope you enjoy the photos.
This was a company retreat so there was a good mix of the usual team building silliness and nocturnal "free" time (Mongolians take pride in their EXCELLENT vodka). And don't be foolish and ask for a mixer, this stuff is served warm and by the glassfull...bottle after bottle after bottle- YIKES!
All in all it was a great way to be introduced to both the landscape and my new co-workers.
Especially after our apres shenanigans, we are also now close friends. :))
Odbaatar and Saruul hamming up their paired dance session team-builder.
A fun drinking game that demands kissing...Male or Female. :O
A wonderfully quick way to become part of the team ;)
Tamra, Tiffany, Odbaatar, and Nansa (L to R and foreground) Bolor on far right
Brando makin' Mongolian friends too!
Leaving the confines of the city and seeing the natural beauty of this country was surreal. The landscape around UB rings eerily of the Rocky Mountain west (maybe a common thread to the whole intra-continental deformation thing).
(L to R: Doug(our CEO) Nasa, Oyun, Tiffany, Tamra, Me) And apparently I can levitate...
One wonderful thing about placing yourself far outside the comfort box is that every moment is a learning experience, and I love learning. The more I uncover about my cultural and natural surroundings, the more this foreign world seems familiar.
We are human and the rocks hold a story...just don't let your brain get in the way.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
1st Day in UB
Made it!! 2200hrs May 18th 55 degrees F
A smooth 24hrs later, Brando and I found ourselves (and all luggage) in a nicely renovated flat situated immediately behind (north) the Mongolian Government building. Just a 5-10min walk from the office.
Without any actual dry dog food at my disposal, Bdogs first meal in over 24hrs was a big plate of mutton goulash...I may find it difficult to turn him back once I get to the store for supplies. ;)
I will validate that the driving habits of the Mongolian people are truly parallel to my own and that Boston holds no candle to this land where directional signals and rights of way are replaced with angered honking, unspoken "first-come-first-serve" intersection rules even when there are traffic lights, routine games of chicken when passing (our driver won every time), running up on peoples bumpers and, at night, intense flashing of the high-beams until they move. A wonderfully brilliant system, from my point of view!
More later when I get set up on my own PC and internet.
A smooth 24hrs later, Brando and I found ourselves (and all luggage) in a nicely renovated flat situated immediately behind (north) the Mongolian Government building. Just a 5-10min walk from the office.
Without any actual dry dog food at my disposal, Bdogs first meal in over 24hrs was a big plate of mutton goulash...I may find it difficult to turn him back once I get to the store for supplies. ;)
I will validate that the driving habits of the Mongolian people are truly parallel to my own and that Boston holds no candle to this land where directional signals and rights of way are replaced with angered honking, unspoken "first-come-first-serve" intersection rules even when there are traffic lights, routine games of chicken when passing (our driver won every time), running up on peoples bumpers and, at night, intense flashing of the high-beams until they move. A wonderfully brilliant system, from my point of view!
More later when I get set up on my own PC and internet.
Monday, May 17, 2010
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