Yes, it’s October, but believe it or not, we had two snows last month. The most recent one happened on the 30th. Since then, we’ve been dodging either lakes (a.k.a. “puddles”) or swamps (a.k.a. muddy places on the sidewalks) on our commute to and from work. There have been a few times when we’re walking alongside the road with a giant puddle next to us and whoever is walking last will yell, “Bus!” and we all scramble as far from the road as we can in panic lest we get doused. It’s actually pretty entertaining. 🙂

I took some photos on our way to work on the 30th, so you can see some of the snow remnants as well as some of the sights from our normal commute. The other two guys in the photos are Hugh, our co-teacher, and one of our students from school who occasionally walks with us if the buses are too full or late.

The camel caravan sculpture that showed up over the summer.

Camel booties!

This is one of the main intersections we cross on our way to work.

I am actively doing all that I can to avoid getting sick this year, so once I started smelling coal smoke in the air, the face mask came out.

This is the winter palace of the Bogd Khan. It’s a museum now, and we pass it every day. We still want to go visit!

The last stretch of our commute goes through a few alleys. The mountains were especially lovely with the snow dusting!

We have started updating our “resources” pages and have several books listed. The helpful websites page will probably take more time to update because it will be quite an undertaking. The internet is a font of helpful information!

All the best,