We did three interesting things this
week. Saturday was no car day in Ulaanbaatar. The day started out with a
5 K run--we think about 20,000 people were running--old, young and in
between--quite a sight! It was a really fun day. No cars, no traffic,
and the streets were full of people playing, riding their bikes,
walking, running, skate boarding or roller blading. It went on all
day--it really was a sight to see and so nice to have no congestion and
families having a great time.
Also,
we helped a lady haul water to her home. The water station is 1/4 of a
mile away, up hill. We each pulled a cart, with different size water
containers, up to the station and back 5 times. We hauled 130 gallons of
water. She will use the water for her geir and for her garden. She
usually does this 4 times a week, in the summer, and she makes 6 trips
each time. We were give out after 3 trips.
On
Monday we drove to Choibalsan to meet with the Mayor, the Province
Governor, and the contractor on a well/water station DIC is building. We
saw lots of horses on our 18 hour round trip. We loved seeing so many
baby horses--they were everywhere. We are doing fine. Very busy.
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