Diseases May Now Spread After 9pm

Yes, we can rejoice - the H1N1 curfew has indeed been lifted. This actually happened last week, but I failed to mention it because I was too busy not being in the house after 9pm. I will miss meetings and training sessions where participants looked like this:

Stuck And The City

So we're kind of in lockdown here in Ulaanbaatar. Swine Flu aka H1N1 has sent officials into some kind of porked out spin. Schools are closed, public transport outta the city has halted and everything closes at 9pm. Markets have been shut down, galleries too, and you can't play sport after 9... or something like that. Even more interesting is the revelation that horsemeat may help to keep the flu at bay. Because not much else is going on, here are some photos. A whole stack more over on Flickr.

Swine Flu... Mongolian Ninja Style

Swine Flu hit Mongolia just after we got here + people have been freaking out. Schools have closed and every second person is wearing a face mask. We have decided the masks are better used as face warmers + to keep out the impending winter air pollution. Last night we had a black-out in our area (happens a whole lot apparently) so me + my flatmate Clare kicked it ninja style by candlelight.