Friday, December 16, 2011

Getting out of the city

Someone asked if I'd gotten out of Vientiane, so here's a flash back to orientation where Rob took us out to a waterfall. The top...

And the bottom...

Monday, December 12, 2011

Making baskets...(continued)

The crude bamboo frypans that I made at the village last week got put to good use...

... Bandith fries up some Lao pancakes for the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides at PADETC's farm.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Making baskets

Just back from my first trip to visit two of the villages that work with Saoban.
Amazing how many people make help make one basket! Think twice before you haggle on the price of a basket, this album shows four people working on a blue basket but misses at least three of the stages/people.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Home sweet home

Jess and I moved into our new home one week ago and today Mary, our new housemate, moved in too. So now we are three, living in our humble little home...


 My room...


The view from my window...