Some pictures... Finally...

and here are some of the photos taken while the children were doing the "i have a dream" project, initated by the norwegian NGO...

heh, spot the familiar faces...

Finally Arrived Ulaan Bator

We finally arrived in UB after passing the amazing race in Beijing. Visited Lotus Centre yesterday and were surprised and happy that some of the kids actually remembered our names. The staff and ger mothers were happy as well to remember us.

A U.K. volunteer was asking the kids to draw some pictures to represent Mongolia kids in an exhibition in Norway. The theme of the drawing is " I have a dream".

Oh dear, we can't seem to load the pictures here. Shall try to do it at a internet cafe the next time.

Stucked in Beijing - 20 May @ 9:35am

Sad to say that we are still stuck in Beijing Airport. Yesterday due to some miscommunication breakdown, we did not managed to catch MIAT flight out. We spent a night @ Tian Yuan Airport Hotel and everything there is new as they are a newly established (2 months old) and the staff there are pretty inexperienced.

After much consideration, we decided to board Air China which WAS supposed to fly off @ 8:10am this morning but who knows due to some bad weather conditions, it had delayed to 7:00pm instead!!!!!

Now "wasting" and "nuahing" at Beijing airport, internet access unlimited time @ RMB30.00 (SGD6.00 ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

Those people interested in coming, please take note the new terminal (T3) is so darn HUGE!!!!!!!! and you will get lost. Please plan your itinerary well to prevent being stranded. Between terminals, it would take about at least 20 minutes journey.

That's all for now, we shall upload pictures when we have our USB port as they are in the check in luggage. Pray hard that the flight don't get delayed any longer.

Hectic weeks

Pictures of some stationeries that we've purchased for the kids.

More things to buy and we're running short of time !!
The last week before we depart shall be another hectic week for us.

Yes, we are still leaving to Mongolia on 19th May, 0110hrs despite all the hiccups that we encountered in past one week.

Stay tuned !

Lotus Expedition - Background

This blog was created to share our experiences with friends and families on our new expedition to Lotus Children Centre, Mongolia sometime mid May08

This center was set up by an Australian lady in 1996 to provide a shelter for the street children who came from horrible backgrounds like abandonment, abuse by drunkard parents, sexual abuse, domestic violence etc etc. The center has now expanded to 150 children and the number is still growing as there are too many of such cases happening in Mongolia.

If you would like to find out more of Lotus Children Centre, you can visit their website: http://www.lotuschild.org/.
Last year, we had the opportunity to visit Lotus Children Centre and spent 14 days with the kids in the summer camp.

Photo below was taken during our last day in the summer camp with the kids.


These children are so dear to us and we can't wait to tell them that we are going back this year to spend more time with them !!

View more photo and video in the links below:
Photo url:
http://picasaweb.google.com/alice.ng.nm/Mongolia

Video url:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSanr-gc6b4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwhdYRwZhzg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvw9XMjguqg


Do come back often for more updates from us !!