There are only 4 days to go until I board my flight to head over east and then to Beijing in China.
I have finally finished packing and have all of my kit organised inside my rucksack. Last Friday we had a meeting to discuss our kit and plans for while we are in China and Mongolia. We had to empty all of our kit from our bags and double check we have everything on the equipment list.
When we arrive in Beijing we will hit the ground running, we have a tour around Beijing looking at sites such as the Olympic stadium, The Great Wall of China and various market places. We stay in China for a total of 3 days before heading to the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar for another 3 days. From there we begin our trek through the wilderness to get to the community we will be helping, it will be amazing to have a home stay with a traditional Mongolian family in a hut like home called a yurt and have an insight on how their community functions and how their culture is different to Australia’s.
Some interesting customs in Mongolia include: Haggling while shopping, receiving objects using your right hand, never touching other people’s hats and not leaning against a support column or the side of a yurt.
We will also be teaching the kids in the community how to speak English.
Once we complete our project in the remote community we travel up north to lake Khovsgol, we trek by foot and on horse back around the lake.
With only four days to go I am going through everything I need for the trip and I am so excited!
I will continue to write my blog during my trip and make sure I post them as soon as I can.
See you on the other side!
