Preparing for Mongolia
Our trip is less than a week away. After much indecision, we decided to take our little boy. Now, traveling to Mongolia for a two-week field excursion in the bush is one thing, doing so with an 18-month-old adds a level of anxiety that only a parent can appreciate. Allow me to list a few fears. Tetanus, hepatitis A, gut-bombing bacteria, the bubonic plague, drunk drivers, Russian jeeps, plane crashes, hypothermia, and marmots. Ok, I’m not sure about the marmots. This one here looks harmless enough, but can I ever really get a “sense of its soul”? We decided to take him with us not because it will be a formative experience for him, but for us as parents. We don’t want our fears to fundamentally change our approach to life, with or without children, although we recognize that a certain level of precaution is necessary when traveling with young ones. Since this is a research trip, we have the luxury of being able to ship much of our gear ahead of time. Food is a big concern since most adults we know that have visited to Mongolia have gotten sick at some point; for a toddler, a bad case of diarrhea can be quite dangerous. We’ll be heading out into the field with two jeeps with decent storage space. Here’s what we packed for our beloved Augú:
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Maps plugin
[gmap map:1]In preparation for my trip to Mongolia, I’m testing out a neat new plugin called GoogleMapper that allows me to insert custom Google Maps into my pages. My hope is to add pointers to each place we stop at, and later add some links or photos. I’ll probably keep the map on a separate page and just link to it from the home blog page. Stay tuned!I haven’t seen many examples of other sites using this plugin, so please share if you have. Thanks to chiggins for creating a wonderful utility.
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