Move in!
The kids came a day early. We discovered this 12 hours before they were to show up. This created quite a tizz. Dirty and smelly as we all were, we hopped in the truck and rushed to town to buy sleeping mats, sheets, gas cooker, cooler and everything else we needed in the half hour before stores closed. We made it, but just. If nothing else, our outrageous appearance and the volume of our purchases occasioned lots of questions and resulted in great PR!
A picture is worth a 1,000 words - so why try to tell you about move-in day? Here are a few pictures to give you a sense of the scene. For those of you who are students or have college age kids, the whole thing looked and went exactly like move-in day on campus - without the traffic jam.
The house was ready.
The bathrooms were ready.
The chicken house was ready.
The staff was ready - and waiting.
Nung Oam was waiting.
Finally! It took three and a half hours to get down from the mountain. The required circle on the floor.
Not everyone was immediately enthralled.
At times it really did seem a bit over the top.
But teddy bears rule, even in Thailand.
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
It’s finally up - the house looks wonderful!
June 15th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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