mickan in world

I came, I saw, I am very pleased. Arriving at the farm I realised that this will be a good three months. The first thing I saw was the lush green fields and the flowers surrounding it. The next thing was the beautiful creek flowing just below it, which later on turned out to have wonderful, clear, cold water, perfect for a swim or just to sit in the water for an hour or two enjoying the scenery; high limestone cliffs and green leavs, treas and bushes.

As soon as I arrived I was greated by Mr. T the owner and a really increadible and nice man. He showed me my room and explained some things to me. I came to like him at first gaze. 

The orgaic farm turned out to be so much more than a farm, it also works as a hostel with loads of young people coming and going, so you are never lonely. It's also a wonderful restaurant and it serves all kinds of nice foods, from mulberry shakes to fried tempura leaves and pumpkin soup. Yum!
There are also loads of animals, dogs, cats, pigs, chickens, gees and goats (who just had kids and I get to help feeding them, they are lovely!). So you're never short of love, they are really cuddely all of them.

I got to come with and help out in class Friday, with the volonteers who are leaving today and the kids are real sweathearts all of them. The younger class is for kids between the age of five up to ten or older and with them you mostly play games and try to talk as much as possible. The older kids are really skilled and they do grammar and follow a textbook. Since lao does not have latin letters there is a lot of practising in using the alphabet.
As it turnes out I am not the only teacher for the three months to come; I am sharing the load with an Aussi named Cameron. A real relief actually, he is older than me so he has more experience and can guide me a little bit.

All in all it seems like I will really like it here and I am glad to begin lessons on Monday and see what i can contribute with.

Miss you guys though as I try to settle in at this new place. I hung some pictures on the wall, and put my small pile of clothes on the desk and then I was done. I will let my birthday mark the half point of this trip and it is soon, it is not long til I'll see you again!

Sunny kisses to you my friends!