Monday, May 18, 2009

A Day with My Counterpart: Road Trip!









1. My hospital staff and I went to a holy shrine, which was on top of a mountain. The first picture shows me and my nurse and her daughter. The holy shrine supposedly helps barren women conceive. We mostly went there to hike a bit and take pretty pictures.
2. A picture of my counterpart, her kids, my nurse, her daughter, and me trying to get off the high slope.
3. A picture of all of us taken by a kind stranger.
4. Me with two kids; it's quite windy that day.
5. The morning of our day trip: we held a huday yoly, which is a free luncheon for my counterpart's friends and relatives. Her family bought a new car, and it's tradition to share one's wealth, so after a car acquisition, usually you invite people to eat a meal. Recently, my own host family did a huday yoly because our family car didn't break down. Turkmens do it for various reasons to show general appreciation for health and luck.

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