He had maintained a website, while on his trip, telling us all of his adventures...and after he returned, he did a page, about his thoughts upon his return...and thus I will post just a small rendition of what he said about returning home, because I think its appropriate for all of us....Below follows his thoughts..
"Some people thought I would never want to come home, that life here would be too mundane. In reality, that's too harsh a judgment. Home is where everything makes sense, where everything is easy. Where people know all my little quirky mannerisms and I know theirs. Where I feel I belong. No matter how much I love Tibet, I will just never fit in there; it's too alien, and so am I. I wouldn't have it any other way. I would never say I got homesick or lonely per se, but still you never forget about where you are from, you do miss the people who know you so well. There's always something calling you back home when you have a home to go back to I think. So yes, it's good to be back in many ways."
I think what he says here, applies to all of us...when we have a home, there is nothing more dear than returning to that home...