Fall in Bayan-Olgii

Eagle Festival- Olgii City, Bayan-Olgii '11- perhaps the last place in the world they still bred eagles to hunt

Kazakh Wedding

Walk to Eagle Festival-- 2 kilometers, 2 hours later

We thought we could trick the police and not pay; they caught us shortly after we got there

I get visitors quite often-- these are my 5th graders

View from my balcony

A view one snowy morning from my balcony-- life's not too bad

My co-worker's son, Cabar (Journey in English)

View of the Hovd River in Olgii

The Sandy Place that where we finished our hike

My co-worker and her children

Walk along our hike

On top of a rock with my co-worker's children

First Month in Bayan Olgii

Making pizza with my co-worker and her children

In a traditional Kazakh Ger--- traditional Kazakh rugs

First Day of School Ceremony

At Maria's Apartment, a primary teacher

A view from our hike

A picture that almost got me lost in the countryside

Three teachers from my school at our school picnic

My "ejeee", mom, who expects me to marry her son

Some teachers at the picnic

My teachers who stole me away with a bottle of cognac

Playing basketball with some of my 9th graders

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Picture time with my 9th graders!

Justin and my 9th graders

View from our hike