OT: Have you been to Mongolia?

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SAK

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Pardon me for intruding in this forum but I posted a question over in Community Center and Walking Man smartly suggested that I might have better luck posting it here.

I am searching for someone who has been to Mongolia.

I know it’s a long shot, but I am trying to find someone who has traveled in Mongolia. My wife will be heading there for 3-1/2 weeks and is a bit apprehensive. We have read the guidebooks. I was hoping to talk with someone who might have some first-hand experience with the country.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

By the way, though I don’t have a Khukuri, the active community in this forum (based on the volume of posts) has always impressed me and I do lurk here from time to time.

Thanks,

--SAK
 
SAK,

Send me an email and I will get you in touch with someone who might be able to help.
 
I went to a Mongolian Barbecue Restaruant a lot. Hope someone knowledgable shows up.


munk
 
The people were frightening, the food strange and customs confusing.

No, wait...that was when I reported for basic training at Fort Polk...
 
The US State Department has a site with travel warnings here: http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html. Sorry if you've already seen this, but others might find it interesting or useful.

It also occurred to me that returned Peace Corps volunteers might be a good source. My sister did a tour with them, but nowhere near Mongolia. She hasn't stayed real conected with them, either. I think there's at least one former PCV who posts here occasionally ;) .
 
Nasty said:
No, wait...that was when I reported for basic training at Fort Polk...
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Uwinv you were at Polk?:D
I was there from January '65 'till the 1st of April '65. That was the most miserable place I've ever been in my life!!!! :rolleyes: :grumpy: Much worse than Oklahoma about being cold one day and hot the next. We were one of the largest if not THE largest training companies that ever went through there!!!! There was five platoons with the fifth one being the Airborne boys. They had to do twice as many calisthetics and running than the rest of us. Lots of the guys were continually sick with bad colds from the differences in the weather. I was in the 2nd platoon and had the luck of being in the only barracks that the heater didn't work in.
The butt cans were frozen solid every morning as we had to leave the windows open all the time because of the hepatitis scare back then. Froze my coon dog ass off I did!!!!:eek: :grumpy:
The only good thing I got outta there was being rated Expert with the M-14. I love that rifle!!!!!:D
 
Yvsa said:
Uwinv you were at Polk?:D
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Yes Edutsi...as the rest of the Baby boomers became draftees, the numbers increased (my Company also had 5 platoons). I was in the same wooden barracks, we still kept the windows open due to hepatitis (but I caught some unknown upper respiratory crud anyway), still had to do the crawl to clear the snakes from under the hooches, still had no privacy walls between the crappers, etc. I qualified Expert with the new M-16...the early ones were total pieces of crap for reliability, but did shoot well once or twice in a row! :D
 
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