4/3/08

gobi desert firsts

we got back tuesday from a trip to the gobi with our school.

here is a list of firsts i was able to experience along the way:


-first time i have ever frozen my TUSH off in a desert...


-first time i have ever spent 15 minutes convincing abby to go poddy on the ground...beside a bus...with NOTHING hiding her little hiny from everyone inside...

-first time i have ever done the same...


-first time i have ever stayed in a guesthouse with no locks on the doors...and had total strangers opening the door all evening to take a peek at the foreigners and their kids...


-first time i have seen camels...walking on snow covered sand...(if ONLY i had had my camera with me!)

-first time i have ever been on a bus that had to change a tire at LEAST six times...

-first time i have seen those tires being pumped up...by hand...with a bike pump...


-first time i have ever spent FOURTEEN HOURS traveling approximately 250 miles...TWICE...in TWO DAYS!!!

needless to say it was an eventful trip.