Introducing the brave, beautiful group of new (and old) monsooners so far who are coming this winter on our epic trip on The Silk Road:
Calvin "O Captain My Captain" Sun - NYC | Expedition Leader | Emergency Medicine Physician | Columbia University, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Charlotte "Ri Sol-ju" G - Beijing, China | Expedition Leader | Media Officer, Tour Guide
Tan "Dr. Who" Nguyen - Previous Monsooner (The Palawan, East Timor Leste) | NYC | Internal Medicine Physician | UC Irvine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Inés P - Geneva, Switzerland | Hospitality, Marketing | Les Roches International School Of Hotel Management
Patricia "Nomad" T - Hong Kong | Intern, Marketing | San Jose State University
Marco C - San Francisco | Apple Software Engineer | UMass – Amherst
Yvonne "Weinstein Co." L - Philadelphia, PA | Media, Business Student | Columbia University, UPenn – Wharton School of Business
Gareth "The Guvnor" Johnson - Previous Monsooner (9 trips) | Xi’an, China | Expedition Leader | Managing Director of Young Pioneer Tours
Eilidh "Mother Of The Turkmen" G - Melbourne, Australia | Expedition Leader | Tour Guide
Helen C - NYC | Consultant | Chengchi University, UPenn – Wharton School of Business
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Mass Communications | Boston University, Singapore Nanyang Technological University
Chris "Finger Strength" T - Hong Kong | Service Representative | Macquarie University
Melissa W - Chicago, IL | Media, Video Editor | Loyola University Chicago
Remi "Class Prez" C - NYC | Doctoral Student | Columbia University, Adelphi University
Siavash D - San Francisco | Software Engineer | Cornell University
And from this December 28th to January 10th, we are heading out to:
Asghabat, Turkmenistan
Kipchak, Turkmenistan
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Istaravshan, Tajikistan
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Derweze, Turkmenistan
Mary/Merv, Turkmenistan
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Khujand, Tajikistan
Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan