Saturday, October 6, 2012


Thanks to my friends in Waikiki for taking me sailing for sunset. A great time.
The view from my hotel in Waikiki. 



Sunrise in Maui.
Road to Hana drive with the family.






Me, Ryan, and Josh at one of the many waterfalls.

Me about to go under the 400ft waterfall. It was massaging at first. Then it just stings.
Great photography from my friend Josh. This was me walking the ledge of the volcanos lookout point.
Me still above the clouds at sunset.

Just a phenomenal view from this volcano.
Me and Pop's atop Hawaii's roof of their world. Can you tell we were freezing?

This was inside the crater.
Me and my brother looking for trouble. Ok we were just walking the shores.

Me ziplining. 

I took this at the Peace Corps seminar in Terelj, Mongolia.

This was just outside Terelj on my schools teachers retreat.
This is me in the horses head in Mongolia's largest statue of Chinngis Khan.
This is all the teachers on the teachers retreat in front of the statue.
The opening ceremony of the first day of school. I hate always having to stand in front.

These kids are 4yrs old. I think all kids should wear suits and teddy bear backpacks.

This is my group of teachers that I will be working alongside this year.

A few couchsurfing friends and some really famous Mongolian singer at the horse races.

All the kids going to the starting line for the race. This year we even had one girl race. She finished 5th.


Some boys were wrestling and one boy fell down next to an empty bottle of vodka. Just a brilliant photo.
This little guy was the man. We snuck a few photographs when he least expected it.

This wicked storm moved in when I was out hiking by myself. It was a beautiful thing to be caught in.
A couple of days later, I went for a hike and was able to find some eagles perched. I went over and found some massive feathers that now rest in my ger. I dont know what Im going to do with them.


I took this picture the other day in my town. I dont know why but I just liked it.

Atop my town.




Thursday, July 26, 2012

summer

I never thought I would ever see something so amazing in this country...
My friend Brian held a teachers camp before going back to the states after
2 years of service. Thanks Brian for the good times brother.

We were given an exceptional tour of the Boganuur mines. The views were
incredible. Much more vast than I would have imagined.
All of the teachers and volunteers from Brians camp.

A little hiking and camping with the boys in my town.

Still hiking.
Its funny because usually stupid things happen when you are bored. We werent bored at all.
A beautiful sunset at camp

Our campsite. Logs and fire courtesy of yours truly. I like to set the mood.
Shirtless photos of me have been leaked. Drink it up ladies.


Some choose to say I was modeling. Yet I maintain my innocence. I
swear I was just exhausted?

Flying kites behind the school with students and our Korean Volunteers.
We got access to the costume closet and had a 45minute photo shoot.

I took them for a hike to my favorite spot for sunset. It rained almost the entire
time. Yet still 0 complaints.
Attempting to impress the ladies with our cooking skills.


Teaching Taekwondo.
Giving demonstrations.
UB Nadaam horse winners


Wrestling at 10am = FUN.





Wrestling at 7pm = Really getting tired of watching.

My buddy Leon held a sports camp in his town. This is what us volunteers
enjoyed. MONOPOLY DEAL the card game.
We also enjoyed the Mexican Dinner. Hey, its the best we can do over here.
Karaoke got out of control as usual. Dont ask me about the hat. Seriously

Ultimate Frisbee. Kids loved it.
Dodgeball. Kids loved it but didnt understand tactics.
Kickball. Kids got into it. This I think was their game of choice. I was pitcher
for my team.


This little dude was a cute kid. This didnt stop me from catching this ball and
then taunting him.







This was my team celebrating our come from behind victory. Im somewhere in this
picture enjoying our win.


Water balloon duck duck goose. Didnt go as planned but the kids loved it



The volunteers didnt enjoy getting wet so much
I posted this photo because it was awesome.

We did teach them about sportsmanship.

And then I showed them what it feels like to be a winner.
An end to an incredible week.

We rushed back from the camp so my friend Corey could play in the Mongolia vs
Hong Kong Rugby match. Mongolia surprisingly won by 3 points. Impressive.