Many months have passed since my last entry. I’m in the US now and I guess I only think about updating my travel blog while I’m overseas and technically, traveling. And here at home, there’s not much to report except for life in the good ol’ US of A as most of you already know it. These days that means a little cold, a little grey and a little too much holiday food. My Lama, Traktung Rinpoche, invited me home in October along with Lama Yonten, his wife Osel Drolma and our friend Gangri. (All of them have been written about in previous entries.) We scrambled for the month of September obtaining passports, applying for visas, assembling all sorts of supporting documents and finally, interviewing at the American Embassy in Chengdu. The process was hectic and
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