Our first 2 weeks in Mongolia
Posted by Tom Lin on Jul 18th, 2002
2002
Jul 18
…AND TOP 5 MOMENTS OF CULTURE SHOCK:
1. Riding in a taxi, experiencing a tire blowout, and continuing on to our destination with a flat tire
2. Riding a bus to the countryside, experiencing a tire blowout, and watching the bus driver change tires using just some rocks and a wrench
3. Seeing homeless street children diving into garbage dumpsters everywhere, scraping for food
4. Opening 3 short e-mails at an internet center, at a connection rate of 1 e-mail per 10 mins.
5. Crossing a street downtown, only to be nearly trampled by beautiful Mongolian horses which also wanted to cross. They have right-of-way! (see attached pic)
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