Saturday, June 11, 2011

The Shed

Well I am back from the village, it turns out I can get there from Chiang Mai by motorcycle in just under three hours. This was the first long run for my bike and it performed quite well. No need to downshift on the mountain slopes.
The purpose of this trip was to have a good look at the old granary/shed  to see if it can be modified to be something useful. You can see by the picture it is pretty rough, so I think I will have to just make something better just in front of it and then perhaps, some time in the future, we can make the old part better too.
We have a pretty solid plan but now we are waiting for some builders to become available so we can get started. Unfortunately we won't be meeting with them until the 20th, so we will busy ourselves with other things.
This week we are trying to connect with some people that grow vanilla here in Thailand. I think this would be a great crop for us to get involved with. It is complicated and requires extra care, but vanilla is popular and has a high value. It is also easy to ship. Did you know that vanilla is an orchid? Hopefully this week we will make some progress towards  getting some plants.
Other than that, we are busy with the kids of course. See you next week.
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