Thread: Living off the land in rural Laos - a new project

Originally Posted by david44

After all you have written having a ham radio seems like asking for trouble IMHO.

Which is probably why the Burmese don't want him? Jus sayin...

Best of luck Simon. Most of my mates are in Vientiane

^^Thanks, but 'living off the land' is overdoing it a bit.

We grow some lettuce and some limes, but it ain't living off the land.

Originally Posted by Joe 90

I reckon he'll have a haram of Candys once he gets settled.

Indeed

An admirable enthusiasm for adventure and novelty, but I fear that this is once again destined to end in further disappointment for Simon.

Originally Posted by cyrille

^^Thanks, but 'living off the land' is overdoing it a bit.

We grow some lettuce and some limes, but it ain't living off the land.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

An admirable enthusiasm for adventure and novelty, but I fear that this is once again destined to end in further disappointment for Simon.

pessimist, i'm sure you'll find an eager woman with green fingers and a dibber Simon

Originally Posted by cyrille

In what sense are you 'living off the land'

He may have a duck down futon on a palette type base Nippon and orf

A luxury water bed

A hammock or similar Hire purchase/higher perches

Knowing Simon I'd wager it'll be something inflatable for the Candyman

Originally Posted by hallelujah

I fear that this is once again destined to end in further disappointment for Simon.

I wish him well. Most entrepreneurs go through a series of failures before finding the formula for success. Not that I'd label his travels as failures, just stations along the way. I am thinking maybe Simon is there now. And if it is just another station then so what? He has the resources and adaptability to move on, which is more than some of us have.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Good luck, Simon - keep the pictures coming.

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Sounds great! Does she bring her own shovel?

A glimpse of the wildlife in front of my house...

A large adult elephant munching on its evening meal!

To be truthful, I'm not THAT deep in the rain-forest Luang Prabang Elephant Camp is opposite my house, so I can see and hear the elephants (they are not too noisy, just the occasional trumpet).

^ probably better than listening to fooking roosters all day and night...

Originally Posted by Joe 90

I reckon he'll have a haram of Candys once he gets settled.

Start growing some rubber trees and make your own Candy Simon, what a retirement project!!

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^^^ amazing!

You don't see that everyday in Luton...

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

^^^ amazing!

You don't see that everyday in Luton...

You'd think he'd be sick of the sight of elephants after his sabbatical in Blackpool.

^ I nearly made a similar comment about Manchester...



Btw, does anybody remember the thread linked to the picture below? It was perhaps my best (and only good) thread ever. It traumatised Davis...


(I still think that Les Dawson's twin is the go-to...)

^

Cyrille would shag them all sober, after Davis naturally!

Originally Posted by hallelujah

An admirable enthusiasm for adventure and novelty, but I fear that this is once again destined to end in further disappointment for Simon.

He never really seems disappointed

Originally Posted by Joe 90

^

Cyrille would shag them all sober, after Davis naturally!

whats the catch with the one second from the left ? She has a penis doesn't she... and a wig

If you had to, which one would it be ?

But why post that pic when you could have shared this one?:



You savage.

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Originally Posted by Backspin

whats the catch with the one second from the left ? She has a penis doesn't she... and a wig

If you had to, which one would it be ?

What's that Kaiser Chiefs line.... if it wasn't for chip fat they'd be frozen, trying to borrow a pound to buy a condom.

Originally Posted by Backspin

He never really seems disappointed

This!! I am never disappointed with the turn of events. Pissed off sometimes (such as with my coughing for the past 22 years). But at least on my deathbed I can look back on all the good and bad and weird events in my life and think "Beats living in Leicester all your life..."

I have spent the morning cleaning tookay and gecko shit off the floor in my new house (which has stood empty for a fair amount of time). I need to organise some workers to lay a concrete path from the road to the house for my motorbike so that it/I don't get covered in mud from the garden (rainy season will be here soon.)

We (on TD) enjoy watching/ reading about your adventures & mishaps, Simon. (well, except for a few, and you know who they are, lol)

Re: workers, if you don't know any, for sure your landlord will know people who'll be willing to work for you for a few days (yard cleaning, cement laying, etc). If not, then you could probably borrow Mendip's "gardener" - don't know what his fee will be, though.

Speaking of fees, what's the minimum daily wage for laborers there? Here in PH, it's around 10 usd if in Metro Manila (P500+), then ~8 usd (P400) in my province (regions surrounding Manila), then ~7 usd (~P350) in Visayas & Mindanao - in the more rural areas.

Post pics of the construction/ improvements on the property or maybe make a new thread - bcos TD ppl love a construction thread & they're nosy.