Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaTuesday, February 23, 2010
It snowed again today, and according to my colleagues, it has snowed a lot more this year than usual. Certainly temperatures have been brutally cold throughout Mongolia this winter, and over two million livestock have died already this winter. I say "already" because 1) winter is not over and 2) spring is often the worst time for animal deaths due to low fodder. At any rate, the snow here is really weird stuff: it falls in tiny, grainy flakes--and then, for the most part, blows away. Unless, of course, it has time to be packed down--at which point it turns into deadly slippery stuff. But the sun shines brilliantly almost every day...
Snowy view from work
