Our volunteer speaker will recount his 2019 travels to Outer Mongolia, including the Gobi Desert and the Altai Mountains. This program will be offered through Zoom. Meeting information will be provided by email to registered participants. Trip highlights include dinosaur eggs, the eagle huntress and Mongol culture, plus the Naadam festival. This land-locked country, slightly smaller than Alaska, is one of the least densely populated countries in the world.  Approximately half of the people are nomads tending their flocks of bactrian camels, horses, sheep, and goats and living in easily transportable felt-covered dwellings called gers (very similar to yurts in other parts of Asia). The country is bordered on the north by Russia and on the south by China and so is highly influenced by those two countries. 

Please join the Fort Collins International Center (FCIC), a 501c3 nonprofit, and the Poudre River Public Library District for International Night at the Library program. The program presents a different country or region from around the world each month. All the speakers are volunteers who wish to share their experiences/ cultures with the Fort Collins community. If you are interested in presenting at this program, please contact Mark Oberschmidt at moberschmidt@gmail.com to volunteer. For more information about FCIC please visit www.fortcollinsinternationalcenter.org