TIBET (July 2006)

Traveling is something I have always wanted to do more of but have never had the time nor money. Now that I have both (sort of), I decide to jump in and go to Tibet. Not exactly the typical first choice for international travel, but then again, it's exactly my typical first choice. I have been studying Buddhism off and on for the past twelve years, so Tibet is a country familiar to me. I've also been in a transition phase for the past year-and-a-half and this seems like the place I need to be.

Going with a group seems a good idea being my first time out and, after considerable research, I decide on Wisdom Tours. This turns out to be a very auspicious decision on my part.

I spend the week before the trip getting everything ready and saying my farewells. I promise a lot of people lots of photographs and I plan on returning with as many as I can. This will be my first trip using a digital camera, but I have had it long enough to have gotten accustomed to it.

All my goodbyes said
Now off into the unknown
Summer full of haze

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