The Olgii Tour



Olgii from our little mountain


Welcome to Olgii!

Wood Row at the market

Dairy Row at the market

Taxi Row at the market


Local Store

Old trucking company

The Government Building

Secondary School #1

The local vodka factory

The BU Palace...famous local disco

The theater (a gift from the president of Kazakhstan)

Random hotel that we think looks cool and out of place

Our magnificent apartment building

Almost home...

The "foyer"

The kitchen...cute, isn't it?

More kitchen...

Our living room...complete with Kazakh art, of course

The rest of the living room...

The bathroom...homemade shower curtain

The bedroom...by the way, that's the nicest bed in Mongolia!

A view from the balcony

And another...

And another...this one was taken on 9/25!

The Olgii Teacher's College!

Josh with counterpart, Bota, outside of the college with visiting PCV's

Josh's second counterpart, Norgul

A classroom at Olgii Teacher's College

Josh's students absorbing some American culture

Some American culture absorbed into Mongolia

The Health Department and Women's Hospital - Nicora's work place

Nicora with counterpart, Saule, and some visiting PCV's

Laundry day in Olgii

Our neighbor's wash

Thawing out the sock-cicles

Ice hockey - mid-October folks!

Bundled up on the couch, how cute!

Our crazy Mongolian neighbor

Josh, Nicora and some visiting PCV's post pizza

Nicora with Josh's counterpart, Bota, and her husband

The local camel

"The Cowardly Hero"