c'mon...

open... open... open... (face smashed up against airport glass)

ferrrrrustrerated...

in the immortal words of my daughter when she was a toddler, i'm incredibly frustrated by reports that the chinese government may have reversed its decision to allow foreigners back into the TAR may 1 (something in me kept from whooping it up when the may 1 date was thrown out there... one of the moments that being a cynic comes in handy, i suppose)... i'm still waiting for confirmation from my contacts in lhasa, but am feeling a bit low about it.

granted, it's not a deal-breaker... i'll just have to reschedule the trip for october (or, worst case next may/june)... but it's a pricey bummer, not to mention that the plans my father and i had to travel tibet together after i was done helping at jatson chumig will pretty much be doa... sigh...

back to the waiting game... final decision to pull the plug will be made the first week of may....