I feel like I have hit the jackpot. I've been asked to house-sit a lovely home and 2 siamese cats.
I've been "in residence" since this afternoon and I've been walking around with a smile on my face the whole time. What do I do with all this space? This is a very beautiful home with all the comforts, and more, of home. In my guesthouse I live in one room with ensuite bathroom. My possessions are my clothes, sewing machine and the books and paperwork associated with teaching. I have one cup, spoon, knife and plate. I am very happy in my little world and don't miss having a home to myself. It is only when I stay in this beautiful new space that I realise how different my current life is to the one I led at home in Australia.
I have not had a kitchen and thus have not cooked a hot meal for more than a year! So for the next week I will have access to a fully equipped kitchen. Will be interesting to see what, if anything is produced.
AND, THERE'S MORE............ It just so happens that this house is in the grounds of a temple, so imagine the good Karma. At 5.30 every day, the monks and novices chant which is one of my favourite experiences in Laos. I can now enjoy hearing this without even leaving the house.
I'll include some photos taken from upstairs.. The novices have been raking the temple grounds. The people of the Bann (village) are just going about their usual Sunday life. The grounds of the temple are like their back yard.
Oops the karaoke has just started. Lao people love Karaoke - the louder the better. When I rule the world, the first 2 things I am going to ban are plastic packaging and Karaoke. Why is it always people who can't sing who want to get up and show their lack of talent to the whole world? The good thing about this part of Laos is that you know that on the dot of 12 midnight, everything stops. It's easy to put up with the noise when you know exactly when it will finish.
Yesterday was the Boat Racing festival and people of this Bann participated, So their long boat which holds about 50 men is still in the grounds. This huge boat had to be somehow manouvred out of the temple grounds and through the narrow streets to the Mekong River.
How beautiful at nighttime
I have not had a kitchen and thus have not cooked a hot meal for more than a year! So for the next week I will have access to a fully equipped kitchen. Will be interesting to see what, if anything is produced.
The view from upstairs
AND, THERE'S MORE............ It just so happens that this house is in the grounds of a temple, so imagine the good Karma. At 5.30 every day, the monks and novices chant which is one of my favourite experiences in Laos. I can now enjoy hearing this without even leaving the house.
I'll include some photos taken from upstairs.. The novices have been raking the temple grounds. The people of the Bann (village) are just going about their usual Sunday life. The grounds of the temple are like their back yard.
Oops the karaoke has just started. Lao people love Karaoke - the louder the better. When I rule the world, the first 2 things I am going to ban are plastic packaging and Karaoke. Why is it always people who can't sing who want to get up and show their lack of talent to the whole world? The good thing about this part of Laos is that you know that on the dot of 12 midnight, everything stops. It's easy to put up with the noise when you know exactly when it will finish.
Yesterday was the Boat Racing festival and people of this Bann participated, So their long boat which holds about 50 men is still in the grounds. This huge boat had to be somehow manouvred out of the temple grounds and through the narrow streets to the Mekong River.
That's Mount Phousi behind
One shy cat
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