A few more things from yesterday

Most Mongolians have zero cell phone etiquette. They all left their ringers on during the workshop and would sometimes even answer their phone while in the room. Super annoying.

It is near impossible to find an online translator for Mongolian. Google doesn't do it, so who the heck does?

I met a lady from the Red Cross in the Gobi Desert region. She is the youngest secretariat (??) that they have at 28. She only spoke a little English but was absolutely hilarious. Note the conversations to follow were spoken in Mongolian and translated to me. First thing she tells me is that I am beautiful. Then asks if I am married. I told no and she was shocked. I told her I was 22 and then she deemed it acceptable that I was not married. Then she asked if I had a boyfriend and I told her no. So her and Solongo decided that I need to find a Mongolian boyfriend. Then she told me I needed to stay around for Naadam (national celebration of the revolution) and dress up in traditional clothes and ride a horse. She claimed I would be on TV then and would most definitely get a boyfriend from that. I have never laughed so hard while something was being translated to me. Crazy Mongols!

And here are a few pics of my presentation about what is climate change and why it is important. I think overall it went well. I think a few things got lost in translation, but they understood the main points. It is quite difficult trying to explain things via a translator.