Ever heard of Ulaanbaatar? Genghis Khan comes from there. These are the steppes, small barbarians on horseback, steak tartare and all that..
A while ago the spousoid came up with a suggestion. Lets move to Mongolia she said. My cousin lived there for years and he loved it, she said. I want to experience seasons again, not just hot, she said. And it even snows, she said. Life would be simpler, she said.
So of course a posting becomes available in Mongolia, and I apply. Less than 48 hours later, an email and a 15 minute conversation later, the guy says, ok, I like you. How much do you want? Now I'm getting cold feet already (and I'm not even in the snow yet), so I ask for an outrageous amount of money. Ok, he says – I'll send you an offer. Fuuuuuuuck.
I've had a look at some pics. The architectural style of the buildings is best described as Soviet grunge. It's not winter yet. This morning's temp was -16 degrees....
Will I go? I have absolutely no idea.. especially since I've just had another (tentative) offer to go and work in Moscow. Which one would you choose? Which one would you be sorry you didn't go to when one day you're 80 years old?
Careful what you wish for – you may just get it.
4 comments:
:) Faaaakkk!
The adventurer in me would love to visit Ulaanbaatar, but live there? Don't know. Would be extremely interesting I think.. and you'd probably get a lot of mileage out of telling people you lived there once :) But LIVE there? :)) Then again, you're making the desert fun...
Good old Ghengis country. From what I've read the weather is mostly mild summers with very cold, blistery winters.
With and average temp. below zero, I'd have to agree with Belida, maybe a visit, but not to stay no. Then again you already have the expat diligence, so why the hell not?
It's the intangibles that make moving to places like this worthwhile. Life experiences, actually getting to know cultures, its all stuff no one can take away from you. But shit - I'm not sure about the cold. One of the areas where the company has interests has an average temp of -8.5 degrees for the year. I have a jersey that cost me 15 rand at the local supermarket...
I don't think your R15 jersey's quite going to cut it :) hahahahaha :D We'll have a cake sale, buy you a new one before you go. -8.5 is COLD!
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