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Hi everyone,
This will probably be the last postcard I put up for a while as Im going on the week long Gobi trip on Saturday morning :)
Itinery is travelling 6 hrs on Saturday, stay in a ger with a family, travel another 6 hrs on Sunday, arriving at our destination on Sunday evening. Monday and Tuesday will be spent going to the National Park, looking out for gazzelles, voltures, snow leopards...seeing the beautiful surroundings, visiting the sand dunes and the valley full of ice, that apparently you can walk on! Oh and going to the 'Flaming Cliffs' a place renound for its fossil discoveries. We'll be staying in a ger camp through this, thats where theres loads of gers, usually for 4 ppl, and you pay a certain amount each night to stay there and use the showers and stuff. Then maybe Wednesday there too. (This part of trip is bit more vague!) Thursday, Friday and maybe Saturday we'll be making our way back, slowly, to UB. stopping off anywhere we want to. Cant wait!
Victoria, Rachel and I are going food shopping tomorrow for the trip. Oh and theres a new person coming too, a 40 somehting year old, Ingrid, whos working at an orphanage on the other side of town, she just arrived.
Last night was cool. Very wierd saying goodbye to Dave. Also just said goodbye to Georgie, whos going on the 3 month Gobi placament tomorrow.
To put the myth to rest, the Gobi isnt very hot this time of year! It might be a few degrees hotter than here in UB, but thats the best we're gonna get. And given it snowed this morning, thats not very hot!
Mum, yeh I replied to the Easter email you sent me, but maybe it didnt get to you Im not sure. Thats happened a few times now, really annoying. Thanks for the email anyway was really lovely to read. Ill try and call before I go to the Gobi, but if I cant (the family seem to hide the phone when they go out!) then Ill call when I get back.
Talking of my host family...I cant accidentally locked into the apartment this afternoon! They didnt get back till 7pm! Was seriously not happy, as besides from being in since 1pm and thus going stir crazy by 7pm, I had planned to do a whole load of things like get to the bank, the supermarket etc. Luckily when I got out they were still open.
Ive got a few birthday wishes to send...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Grandad tomorrow and to Uncle Steven on Friday :) :) :) :) hope you both have great days.
So yes, Ill try and get back on here on Friday but otherwise hope you all have a fun week! I will :)
Love G xxx
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