Flyin' In Four

In four weeks exactly, I will be boarding a plane to Australia. This is frightening / awesome / wtf. I have a number of things I need to do before then. They include:

1. Learning to play my tovshuur
2. Publicising an international film festival + forum
3. Getting a new tattoo
4. Packing a year of belongings into one suitcase
5. Plotting a course for, um, what next?

I expect many of my upcoming posts will be recaps / shout outs / pleas for help. You have been warned.

P.S. If anyone has requests for things I should do before I leave, please note them in the comments section. I will act accordingly.

P.P.S. GETTING SENTIMENTAL. These are the people I could not have survived without. More on them later. Photo in the interim. Legends.

Mongol Mania

Although we have found ways to circumvent the 9pm curfew (these guys are particularly good at it when they're around), I have been indulging my 'cultured' side a little more of late. This weekend just gone I did many things.

I learned to make felt from wool:

I made a giant bow


I may choose to wear it like this... but probably not.


I purchased a traditional instrument called a 'tovshuur':


I will attempt to play it over the next few months (or just allow it to sit in my room and look pretty.)

I saw some well crafted + thought out Mongolian street art:


I considered purchasing a hobby fish: