My home in Isaan :)

Sorry for the lack of posts but these first 2 weeks have been more of a holiday as well as me simply adjusting to my life here and also the fact I haven't got a decent internet connection sorted yet so uploading pictures takes ages. Also I did plan to do this update a couple of days ago but I fell ill so wasn't able to but more on that later.

Ok so its time for the first proper post about my life in Thailand and I thought I would start by showing where I'm living. Just a few pics of Mixer first.


This picture is for my mum as she gave me some cars to give to Mixer before I go, he loves them and plays with them all the time.

You probably already know my little home from the building project and it hasn't changed much since the last update other than unpacking a little and adding some bedding but here are a few pics of inside.





Next is Moni's family home which is where I get most of our facilities from e.g. water, bathroom, kitchen and even a fridge. Even though they do have a fridge it's not worth keeping much of anything in there except drinking water and some fizzy drink due to the regular power outages, occasionally food is kept in there but it is usually finished within the day as everything is gotten fresh as and when its needed.

Front of the family home from the road.




Behind the family home





Some pictures from under their home while in a hammock during the hottest parts of the day :P







Kitchen the door behind goes into a larger pantry/kitchen with the fridge. This is where all our food is cooked.



Cleaning area, think of this as the kitchen sink. Quite often the chickens hang out here picking off the little scraps of food and hiding from the sun.



Bathroom this is smaller in height than I expected with it being 4 or 5 inches lower than me being able to stand tall in there so my time in here is spent crouched. The idea of the toilet is to squat over it do your business then use the water a small plastic bowl to pour water of your bum to clean yourself and down the toilet to flush it. You then use your hand to scrub or alternatively use the toilet paper I bought :P One last strange but I think quite cool idea is in the water trough there are 2 bottom dwelling fishes (2-3 inches) and these eat any mosquitoes that try to lay their eggs and live here because mosquitoes love stagnant water. I only found out about the fishes because I took my solar powered lantern to the toilet one night when I was having some bowel issues and I could see them swimming around at the bottom. This is also also where I shower while crouched and pouring water over my head.




So this is my first proper post but believe me I have only been here for 2 week and already have lots more to talk about. I have started writing some notes about upcoming posts but I don't want to make any post too long so you you all get too bored when reading :)