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I had a brief chat with Tristra before the Mongolian program started. She is one of these people who make you feel old and sedentary because of her enthusiasm. You ask a simple question about Mongolia and she explodes, eyes sparkling with answers and tidbits that whet your appetite for more.

Some pleasant surprises for me was learning how grounded the Mongolian nomads (herders) are with a sense of place. To the degree that Scott Russell Sanders holds sway here in Indiana, we have something in common with Mongolian nomads. It was also interesting to learn that Tserenchunt, raised in a herder family, learned to ride horses at the age of six.

And finally, my sense of the geography of that area is pitiful. I imaged that Mongolia was way up there in the frigid zone and extremely mountainous. After looking Mongolia up in my 1986 World Atlas, I see that it’s not like that at all. It’s bound by China on the southern, eastern, and western borders, and by Russia (Siberia) on the north. It has some mountains but not nearly as many as China and there are large expanses of what looks like planes – not at all as forbidding as the image I had before meeting these delightful Interchange guests.

For information about visiting Mongolia, visit their tourism web site: http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/

Or visit the Tibetan/Mongolian Buddhist Culture Center web site: http://www.tibetancc.com/info/index.asp