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This week's chapters open with Craig and Jorani receiving help from a Tibetan Lama in exile, so they can reach Tibet. They are helped with lodging, equipment, clothing, and transportation in and around Kathmandu.

On the fourth day they are flown to Simikot, an airfield in in northwestern Nepal. From there they travel to Hilsa, a small town on the boarder with Tibet. That night they fly into Tibet in Dragon form to a deserted ancient fort to spend the night. The following day they visit Taklakot for food and other things. That night they fly to the area near the two large lakes near Mount Kailash.

These chapters presented a different challenge. While there were numerous accounts of trips or pilgrimages to the places in the story, there was little agreement between them.

They originated from numerous locations and with various modes of travel, even from the same location. The names of places were often different for the same location, and the distances traveled plus the time required seldom agreed. The distances and names used in the story are the best that I could discover based on maps and the various accounts.

Enjoy these chapters. More next week.

Keep Well,
uncle jim

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This week's chapters open with Craig and Jorani arriving in Chiang Rai. They rent a house after looking over the area. Jorani studies Magic from Craig's Father's book and then the Guardian's Books. Partway through, Craig takes her to learn to fly. There is a minor problem.

While Jorani studies, Craig does research on Tibet and the Nest there. He also determines how to get there. They fly to Bangkok once Jorani finishes her studies and then on to Nepal. At one of the Temples they visit there, they meet a man who can see that they are Dragons.

In Bangkok, the CIA finally learns where they have been hiding, and that they have left.

These are the last of the easy to write chapters and the beginning of those requiring extensive research. This continues for most of the remaining chapters of the story.

Enjoy these chapters. More next week.

Keep Well,
uncle jim

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This week's chapters open the next morning when Craig dismisses the translator and the driver to return to their actual employers and warns them not to bother him or Jorani. The driver is upset and doesn't listen.

Later the two of them travel to Phi Mai, an ancient Cambodian Temple. While there, Jorani receives an amulet from the Spirit of Ley line Magic. He also tells them when to leave Phi Mai and where to go to avoid the spy agencies.

At the Guest house that night, Jorani is anxious for a lot of sex, but receives more than she bargained for. While traveling two days later, gangsters hold up the bus they are on. Craig deals with them, and they manage to avoid the questions of the police. That night they take the Chiang Mai train to Lam Pang where they switch to the train to Chiang Rai.

These early chapters have been easy to write because I am familiar with Thailand having spent eight years there in the Army. They are very detailed because of that and that a lot of information is available about Thailand. Later chapters will be somewhat less detailed due to a lack of available information.

Enjoy these chapters. More next week.

Keep Well,
uncle jim

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The new story opens with Craig arriving in Bangkok. After arranging for a translator plus a driver and a car, they travel to Korat. There Craig has a dream about finding his quarry in Cambodia.

On finding the young woman, he has trouble healing her injuries, and transforms both of them into their Dragon form.

After returning to Korat, they attend a movie following dinner, and run into trouble after leaving it. Craig deals with the trouble in his Dragon form.

This story has been very research intensive because of the many locations that it takes place in. It is also longer than the previous stories in this series. The first part in Thailand was the easiest to write because of my familiarity with the country.

Enjoy these two chapters. More next week.

Keep Well,
uncle jim

If all goes well, I will begin posting the first chapters of 'Dragon Son' this Friday, the 12th of November. This has been a very research intensive story because of the many different location that it takes place in.

Keep Well,
uncle jim