I had not considered writing a blog for this trip, but I suppose I was convinced by my friends. At least 3 people said I had to blog about my experiences in Mongolia. So here I am world! I hope that my family, friends, colleagues, and students find something interesting to read. Frankly, I am not one to write all of my thoughts down for the WWW to read. I have a Facebook account which I write posts sparingly. I also have a few Twitter accounts, but again I am judicious with my posts. Full disclosure, I am not one to spend a lot of time on social media. But I admit I like reading other people’s clever posts. So I figure if you don’t want to read this blog – you will not be forced to like on other social media sites of Facebook, etc.