Arrival

Hi folks! I'm finding it really surreal out here in Mongolia I have to say, but its very friendly and exciting.
I arrived at the Chinquis (spelling?!) Khan Airport round about 11pm last night. Had a bit of a panic until Bayajargal approached me (recognised me from my photo I think) and drove me to meet my hosts, a lady (now I have no idea how to spell their names so I'll spell it how I say it) Chinguie and her 10 year old daughter Zoolai. Chinguie had kindly stayed up very late to greet me and made me a cup of tea. I'm sleeping on a little mattress on the floor and I'm sharing the room (its like the sitting room) with another volunteer Ann (from England, 26) who is working at the hospital.
Everyone left early for school/work and left me sleeping off my jet-lag. I hate to admit I woke up feeling lost, lonely and homesick and generally feeling a bit sorry for my self in a "what the hell am I doing" kind of way.
Chinquis work finished around 12ish and she came to take me to her daughters school (I still haven't met her daughter!) where I will be working starting tomorrow, eek! At this point I'm now very excited. I met the director of the school and had a confusing three-way conversation with Chinguis translating (her english is excellent) then we waited for her daughter who was still in a class so I went to a bank to change some money and then to a little internet cafe which is were I am now.
There! I think thats me up to date, sorry for the rushed story and possible spelling mistakes but I think I'm a bit short of time.

Oh and the journey wasn't too bad, though very stressful and a bit lonely. The Seoul airport was quite impressive (oh and mum and dad? The Hub Lounge is open from 7am till about 10pm each day- you were asking) felt a bit out of place on the posh 4th floor.

And visiting the school was quite funny, with all the similarites between my own schools I attended and this one. And ALL the children were dressed more fashionably than me, actually everyone in Ulaan Baatar seems to be fairly stylish (now I'm cursing my thermals, my sole pair of jeans and all those band shirts I packed!). XD

One other thing is I think I'm having a bit of trouble accessing my mobile me account but I got into my hotmail just fine. Gonna try facebook next.

Love to all, sorry again for my rushed spelling and the lack of photos! I'm gonna have to work out a way of getting them to you all.

Eve