Anak ranch weekend - Orkhon soum

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December 12th 2010

Published: December 14th 2010

11 and 12 December 2010 represent 28 hours worthy of their own entry! Whilst I will give a comprehensive run down of the weekend, the photographs tell the story much better than my words. Warren, the only Australian I know living in Darkhan, chose to spend his final weekend in Mongolia with me, 2 Swiss girls, Brigitte and Rita, and a German, Ramona, at a little ranch in the Darkhan soum (distric... Read Full Entry

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15th December 2010

Julian
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You mad thing!
Merryn, I get the shivers just looking at the cold so can't truly imagine what -35C is like let alone going riding in it!! While you have snow we at home have been in a constant state of rain and flood to replace last years drought and fire....go figure. Stay safe and have a great (or is that gerrrate) Christmas and new year. I will occasionally think of you while enjoying the sun at the beach in South Gippsland.

15th December 2010

tulga
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Thanks
Hi, I've been following your blog for some time. Thanks for the splendid work you are doing for my country (my hometown for that matter!), really appreciate it. You are not gonna forget the cold for the rest of your life.

15th December 2010

anonymous
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Hey Merryn Enjoying your stories. I can't believe how many people I know are passing your way. On the day you posted your last blog, I also got a blog from friends who were driving from Melbourne to London and were having a rather tricky time there. (They are now in London). Now I know Mongolia is a big country but I bet the hospital system is small so...there is a young volunteer trainee doctor who is doing a placement in Mongolia (I don't know where) and his name is Morton Neve. He is good friends with my son cameron and he stayed at our house weekly for 4 years when he went to high school with Cameron at Melbourne High. He is a great, quirky young man and I hope you two can connect during the next 2 months of his stay. Stay cool! Jenn PS we are spending Xmas and Jan in Alice Springs so opposite temperatures. Cheers Jenn

25th December 2010

Marketa
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brrr
Do the animals live outside? Do the horses? How can they survive?

25th December 2010

Merryn
Merryn

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Yes M - those beautiful thick woolly winters coats on the horses protect them - but our ponies were in stables overnight between rides.

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