Wedding Season

Sam was a favourite with all the girls and boys!

L to R: Sam, the bride, me, random

better than tennis...

...mozzie hunting!

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...

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.

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.

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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...

Saoban makes it into the paper

Saoban featured in a two page spread in the Vientiane Times this week. Amazing!

Let me know if you would like me to email you a PDF of the full article. (I can't seem to attach a file here)