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From Mom I am just loving all your beautiful photographs. They are adding so much to your travelogues. The flora and fauna are so beautiful, (especially to a Mom who is looking out her window right now to a heavy snowfall that has total
ly covered the grounds here in western Massachusetts.) Love, Mom

From Mom What an amazing experience. Talk about getting into the flavor of the people where you visit! When I visited a Buddhist Temple in SF I noticed offerings of fruit there. Hopefully you can explain why fruit is given instead of
money now that you have experienced it first hand. Love, Mom

Re: From Dad Got it, thanks dad. I check my hotmail everytime I'm on-line. No need for a reminder =) Thanks SO much for keeping me in touch in the Tibetian situation. I don't get CNN here and my only news is on-line. With you and Mom e
mailing me the links to the latest, I don't need to go looking for it! The State Dept is lifting the ban on Americans In Tibet on April 27th. We'll see how it is then, and if it'll be ok for me to go. If the State Dept says no, then I won't go for sure. So sad, I was really looking forward to Tibet! Ohh, well. I'll have to come back again.

Re: Hi Suz! LOL! Sounds just as fantasic where you are! I can't wait to come home and deal out some hugs to my favorite little cousins! Please tell them that I say a really super-duper big HI to BOTH of them! And hugs and kisses too!
I got them both some little handcarvedwooden toys while I was in Ubud. They are those little monkeys that you can hang together to make a string of monkeys. But I think the ones we had as kids were plastic. =) I sent them in a care package with a bunch of other souvineers to my Mom. It'll be a few more weeks until the box arrives in the states, but I'm sure we'll hear from my Mom when it does.

A new government warning When making your future plans... according to this morning's news (3-20), the Tibet protests have spread to two other provinces, Sichuan and Gansu. 'American citizens in Tibet and especially in Lhasa are advised
to avoid areas where demonstrations are taking place. U.S. citizens in Lhasa should seek safe havens in hotels and other buildings and remain indoors to the extent possible. Americans are advised to defer travel to Tibet at this time.' http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_4180.html I hear the peacefulness in you as you venture about, but know that the rest of the Buddhist world is not as serene. Just an update, I trust your judgment. Love, Mom

Re: You're a DIVER!!! Thanks sista, I guess I'm a little proud that I didn't wimp out of my plans too (there were a few moments there though, like the first time I actually had to go under - blblblblblb) It's so fantastic, and all the goo
d fish are mostly at 5 meters anyway so no need to go deep at all. I hope you do go for it, I'll totally be your dive buddy! Love, Suz

Can't wait to see you (2.5 days to go) Hi Suzette I can not wait to see you, reading all of your blogs, things sound amazing for you, especially Ubud. I just realised from reading your last blog that I did not tell you that we are in Bali
from Thursday until the following Saturday (9 days) I have an extra week off work after Easter! I would love to take your advise and do some day trips together. Ravi and I have no set plans, my sister and her boyfriend will probably join us for dinners, drinks, spa's etc, I know they have recommended some beautiful restaurants and cocktail bars which they are dying to get back to. It seems that while Seminyak is very cheap, it will still be a little more than Ubud as it is more touristic. You have had luxury at an amazing price so far. I have a bunch of friends staying in Kuta just for the Easter weekend, they are planning some nights out, so we should all join them. We will just be relaxing and taking in all that we can, lots of eating, drinking and spa's, hopefully a trip to Ubud, perhaps some temples, and I heard there is an animal sanctuary on the east coast where you can hold baby white tigers and it sounds good! We have also spent a bit of time in Thailand so I can recommend some things for the rest of your trip! See you on Thursday - we arrive at lunch time, I have left my mobile number for you on Facebook so text me if you can. Love Sha

Hi Suz! I just got a few minutes to take a peek and I see you have been busy! I loooooove the slideshows with the captions...thank you for taking us with you on the trip!! I really felt like I was there. The girls are wishing you were
here, and want me to tell you hi ('tell her I said hi' 'tell her I said hi first' 'NOOOOOO, I said it FIRST and your hi will be AFTER MINE' 'no, she is MINE cousin and now I NO YIKE YOU!'). Is it quiet there???? :)