I love this place! It's the exotic counterpart of a Finnish summerhouse. The "time zone" here is not the same. Time seems to flow with its own pace, everyone here is more or less unaware of the weekday. The nature gives the rhythm for daily routines rather than the clock.
Today after breakfast I chopped some firewood. The monsoon makes it hard to find dry wood and the fire in the kitchen is not the easiest to get started even with dry wood. I first sawed the pieces a bit smaller and then chopped them into thin pieces so that they can be used as kindling. I think that should be enough for two, maybe three days. The oven needs a lot of wood for cooking three meals every day.
The second project today was to help the long term volunteer with some electric problems. The second circuit had been inoperable for some time already, but we managed to get it up and running again. We also changed the LED-strip lighting the kitchen, since it had been covered with soot. Now cooking dinner is much easier. The DC to AC inverter has a problem we couldn't fix. It will have to be brought to the city for repair. When it works, there will be internet again.
I pitched my tent today. It hasn't been raining much the past couple of days and the room I've been sleeping in (picture1, picture2) seemed a bit stuffy, damp and dusty. I found a nice spot (picture1, picture2) for my tent about 100 meters from the farm buildings. I'm looking forward to sleeping there tonight.
There are some snakes in the area, but they are mostly not venomous and there are leopards in the area.They keep themselves hidden, but some pets have gone missing and there are two orphaned cubs not far from the farm in a forestry office. I'm hoping not to get visitors during the night.
Today after breakfast I chopped some firewood. The monsoon makes it hard to find dry wood and the fire in the kitchen is not the easiest to get started even with dry wood. I first sawed the pieces a bit smaller and then chopped them into thin pieces so that they can be used as kindling. I think that should be enough for two, maybe three days. The oven needs a lot of wood for cooking three meals every day.
The second project today was to help the long term volunteer with some electric problems. The second circuit had been inoperable for some time already, but we managed to get it up and running again. We also changed the LED-strip lighting the kitchen, since it had been covered with soot. Now cooking dinner is much easier. The DC to AC inverter has a problem we couldn't fix. It will have to be brought to the city for repair. When it works, there will be internet again.
I pitched my tent today. It hasn't been raining much the past couple of days and the room I've been sleeping in (picture1, picture2) seemed a bit stuffy, damp and dusty. I found a nice spot (picture1, picture2) for my tent about 100 meters from the farm buildings. I'm looking forward to sleeping there tonight.
There are some snakes in the area, but they are mostly not venomous and there are leopards in the area.They keep themselves hidden, but some pets have gone missing and there are two orphaned cubs not far from the farm in a forestry office. I'm hoping not to get visitors during the night.
Big scary, wild cats !!! I bet you wish you had taken Goofy with you now to guard at night ! :)
ReplyDeleteIt came up on my facebook wall... I'm gonna read the blog slowly :-) anyway have a safe travel (what's left of it).
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Vienna