Approaching Luang Prabang by air.

Seen from Lao airlines window seat.

Wow, so beautiful with all those mountains           surrounding the valley.

My room smells  after the drain. Seeing muskeetoes in my room

For the first time this trip.

Have to find my Deet. But first some  food.

My first time in Lao. :-)

Blue tea.

Merry Christmas everybody!!!.

With some Xmas pictures of the streets Of Chiang Mai. I took pics, but i cant find them.

This afternoon I took a course in hand reflexology at MTM Thai massage. So much information, how to remember everything.

Where we were served blue ?? pea tea.

After that I took a chance at ordering  taylor made pants. Shortly before flying tomorrow I will find out the end result. When the taylor became delayed this evening I used the waiting time for a Thai massage.

Panya 10 year PDC bonanza

All of us in the bonanza group has got their permaculture certificate, so now we can design your back garden or farmland for you.

 solar water heater, with thermostate.

making earth bricks.

 the showers, building made of earth bricks.

Earth pizza oven.

Today in Chiang mai.

With some of the panya people on a scooter to the top of the mountain, with a royal palace and a very commercial Chinese temple. 

Down therethere see chiangchiang mai.

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At the top of the mountain, in the national reservate you can rent a tent, so you can walk back through nature instead of driving the steap s swinger road 

 Back down. Today I really learned how to drive, also in between lots of cars in the city. Glad to be home again:-)

Happy at permaculture project

Here some impressions of learning moments and the lot I am on.

 Water harvesting.

 Healthy fruit of the day.

Community kitchen.

 Grey water harvesting.

 Inside toilet building.

Inside a mud build house. Build of clay sand straw and some water only. Beautiful isn't it? The coloured glass comes from bottles.

Perma project panya

Alive and well at panya.

Permaculture yeh

Landed in Chiang mai in northern Thailand this morning. At 14.00 a truck will drive us 2 hours uP the mountains. At panya farm it will be all about permaculture for 18 whole days.

Colder here then in krabi yesterday, only 30c. Nights in the mountain 10c.

Having all kinds of problems withbanking here. Bankid is already a week not available. Bills cannot be paid because of this.