thank you. Maybe if we could popularize this activity here in the U.S. we would accelerate whorled peas...

On a serious note, I appreciate every morsel of your experiences in Tibet that you share with us.

I know that you are planning details of your 2006 trip by now. Is departure in about a month, or might we be neighbors at the flea market May 1 after all? That is, if it does not get rained out!