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Moving Day

Mongolians are nomadic herders, I caught this photo as a family was moving from their summer site to their winter site.
Countryside Kids

I caught these 2 children playing on a trip to the countryside when we were conducint snow leopard surveys for WWF.
Naadam Horsemen

Every year Naadam is celebrated in Mongolia with archery, horse racing, and wrestling. These guys were waiting at the finish line to watch the horse race finish.
Hasha Grandma

This is the grandma of the family I first lived with in Mongolia. I loved watching her bless the beginning of every day with an offering of milk tea.
girl in a lake

My work group went to Uvs Lake for a party and I caught this picture of one of my co-workers little girls standing in the water.
fish for dinner

I bought these smoked fish from these kids but not before I got them to join me in a photo.
Milk Tea

Milk Tea is the heart of mongolian food and drink. Every guest is offered a bowl of milk tea when you enter a home.
Assimilation

Assimilation. We were trained, versed, and talked to ad nauseum on the subject. So much so that during my first month in a village on top of an Annapurna foothill, it was a piece of cake to find my exact place on the downward trajectory of culture shock. Homesickness—check. Anxiety—check. What I hadn’t expected was that no matter how clearly I defined my symptoms, checking them off could not fortify my heart. I had entered a world of sudden isolation and silence. At night I...
Newly Married

Tunga and I after our wedding celebration
Morning of Mongolian Wedding

Talking with my niece, Badmaa, during the morning of my wedding to her aunt, Tunga

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