Welcome to Mongolia

For those who haven't heard, I've headed over to Mongolia to pursue a new job with Rio Tinto, working for their Oyu Tolgoi copper mine. It's been a bit over a month since I arrived here; life has somewhat settled down into a routine and so now there is a bit more time to update the blog. I thought it might be fun to reflect over my first few weeks here, and so over the next week will upload some "retrospective" posts based on emails I sent to friends and photos I uploaded to Picasa at the time, capturing those first moments of newness, excitement and change.

Welcome to Mongolia, indeed