Update on Tibet Trip - Mongolia China Tibet

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OK, this if finally happening. I am leaving July 11th for this adventure, a bit intimidated, but I know the only thing to fear is fear itself.
I will update this blog as I go along, WHEN I can get to the internet. The month I am working at the orphanage I will not be in contact at all. We will be sleeping on the floor of a big building with no electric and no plumbing! In fact, the area is nomadic, not even on the map! So I doubt if there is access to electric or internet for a few hundred miles! Yikes!

Keep your eyes open for more of my travels. Here's my final "stays", all are hostels of one sort or the other, places a single person doesn't have to feel alone. I love that feeling of utter freedom, that timelessness of being among travelers, of meeting new peoples, learning new customs, feeling new feelings. So I push forward, not fearless by any means, but willing to experience new worlds, new viewpoints and new adventures. It's now or never, so come along with me, at least in spirit.

My best,
Marilyn
PS Thanks to all of your who contributed WINTER clothing, boots, school, hygiene and medical supplies or shipping costs for the 108 orphans. It will all be shipped off before I leave. Without your help, this never could have transpired. Thank you so much!

Here's where I'll be the next three months!

Korea
Hotel Sunbee July 13, 14, 2008, Seoul, S. Korea
198-11 Kwanghoon-dong Jongro Gu
Seoul
011.82.2.730 3451
[e-mail]

Mongolia - UB
Khongor Guest House
July 15-Aug 9
[e-mail] - Degi is owner
316 415,9925 2599
http://getto/khongor Peace Ave Apt 6
Will come and go on tours from here

Xining - Sept 12-15 - Sept 20
"Tibetan Connections" [e-mail] Losang -
He’s an American from Seattle living there and has hostel, tour co. I will be waiting on my visa for Tibet (he can get it, if Tibet TAR is open) Then I will take the train to Lhasa

Tibet
If the TAR is open, I will stay at one of these two places in Lhasa,

Lhasa - Sept 20ish - Sept 25th-28th ish
Barkhor Namchen House, Barkhor Eastern St, Tibetan Old Town
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail] or call them at (86) 0891.679.0125
Lhasa River Guest House - take a taxi(10 CNY) to Xian Zu Dao Main Gate - then have taxi driver call to get picked up - No.22, 3rd Row, Area 2,, Xian Zu Island Eco-Friendly Complex
[phone] or [phone] [e-mail]
Lhasa North to Chengdu jeep trip - Sept 25-28ish to Oct 7, 2008

China
Chengdu
MIX HOSTEL 24-hour hotline: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]
Address: #23, Ren Jia Wan, Xing Hui Xi Lu (near Wan Fu Qiao Bridge), Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Telephone number: [phone]
Fax number�)-83222236
E-mail: [e-mail]
USA
October 10th
Chengdu to Beijing to Las Vegas - same day

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Comments

[sherylbatty]

GOOD LUCK!
May the Force be with you. Please drop a line whenever you get a chance so that we know you are OK.

[sebastian]

remember...
never, never give up sir winston churchill