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[Lyov]

There comes so moments in my day when I am busily immeresed in somthing I've never done before and I'm thinking about new things, or calling my new friends or how to phrase something in a new language and I think 'what am I doing here?' What was so bad about my old culture that I was wanted to leave at all? What turn in my life brought me to the heart of Mongolia (fill in the blank) rather than do get a job at home and raise a family like my people have been doing for X generations?
The first time I left my family they said good luck, see you when you come back. The second time I left they had to realize that somehow, for some reason I was different than them. Why? Why are we different than them? Maybe I am not referring to those of you just counting the days until you go home, but for those who have actually found a new home.
I think its something more than just wanderlust because it seems to me like once I find a job I don't don't get to wander very much. Adventure doesn't work because how can something adventurious be boring? Because sometimes it is very boring. In my experience Adventure seems tied together with irratation because it means something is not going right and your fate is now in another's hands (someone you can't actually communicate with.)
So why do you do it?

[lagerlout2006]

Hi Lyvov!---Are you in Mongolia? That is a little isolated even by Asia standards. Yes you are different. Many of our loved ones at home would not have an Asian over for dinner in their home let alone go and live among them.

Interesting what you say about adventure=adversity. My adventures---or the first that come to mind---involve being in trouble in a strange country .

But getting settled in and things can become boring. It's called a job I guess. Work is a 4-letter word.

Hang in in Mongolia!!!