My sincere apologies for keeping you all in the dark for so long. Right after the start of my enthusiastic fundraising I was hit hard by essays, exams and reading, as an average MA student is. The blog is back up and running now, indicating that so am I!
My departure for the fieldwork has shifted a little bit: I’m going to arrive in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Saturday 22nd, leaving London a day earlier. I will fly via Turkey both ways. For a moment I thought I’d stop in Istanbul for a couple of days but have now decided to stay in Mongolia for a whole month instead. I’m hoping to return to London on July 20th being some experiences and few of shades of tan richer; and maybe learned a best position for hitting the ground when falling off of a horse…
During these two days I have left in London I still have a heap of things to organise. Then again, knowing myself, time pressure can do only good when trying to make some progress. Cutting down on excessive sleeping and eating that has been taking ground after the exams has been long due. I will be doing most of the shopping and packing tomorrow leaving Thursday for unexpected errands, emailing and cleaning.
I’m hoping to be a better blogger from now on and give regular updates. However, I’ve decided not to take my laptop with me, so there may be some gaps now and then.
Thanks again to everyone who has been helping me with making the fieldwork actually happen. In the end I think I gathered about 30% of the funds that I needed for the whole thing. With the money I’ll be saving by not living in London for a month and having a little transaction with the room that I won’t be using, I think I can say that budget issues are under control. Here’s some essentials that will be accompanying me such as my first tape recorder given me by Ritam, Dickens’ book Great Expectations from Aerie and my passport with the visa…
New update already when en route!
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