Before long the place was packed. Later on, Michiko came by. She was the Japanese girl who I replaced. She is very independent. Michiko is planning on going to Mongolia as part of a deal between contacts she has found, and Juulchin.
Rod is a professor from Boston who's on sabbatical.
He is going to take a boat to Korea. Gerd is from Germany. He's an exchange student studying in Shanghai. His Mandarin is very good. A nice bunch of people.