WWOOFing Update

The new clock tower in Chiang Rai

Wow...this may be the longest I've gone without internet for a long time. This is going to be just a real quick update, as I have to run and catch a train in a few minutes.

But why the lack of updates you ask? Well, I've been off the grid for about a week here in Chiang Rai. I met up with an expat from California who owns a farm here, all through the WWOOF program. Well, the friends I met in Chiang Mai decided to do it as well, plus another two girls from Sweden. So, we had a full crew and spent the last week working on a bunch of projects around the area.

It's been incredible to say the least. I absolutely love working hard and building things. It's quite fun doing grunt work with primitive tools. There wasn't much to do as far as the farming went since it's the middle of the dry season, so we spent most of the time on fixing up his other properties. Things like laying cement, clearing brush, breaking stones, chopping bamboo...easy work :)

But I'll let the pictures do the talking here...

A good day spent mixing and pouring cement to widen the parking area

Raising a tower for solar modules to power a water pump

One of the dogs at the farm...could play fetch for hours!

The aftermath of a nasty motorcycle/truck accident. Reminder of how precious life is, and how short it can be.

The guy on the left is Ken, from the farm I stayed at. This is us at his printer, working on the cover for his next book.

Our day off spent exploring the lakes/waterfalls and jamming in between :)

So we all went our separate ways now, and I'm about to hop on a train headed south to Ko Chang...a remote little island off the Andaman Coast. Can't wait to get out of Bangkok here...the pollution and heat is just draining! Oh yeah, to top it off I got ripped off this morning taking a taxi what should have been a few kilometers and 50 baht at most...ended up doing circles and then the driver asking for 200 baht! I negotiated my way down to 70 baht, but that's it for taxi's for me! By foot, bus, or train only!!