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Gandhi-Inspired Aquaponics
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in the boat and drink beer all day.” (Mahatma Gandhi) As I begin to write this article, at this very … Continue reading
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6th Anniversary Party
On Saturday, April 7, Wrong Way Cafe will celebrate the conclusion of its 6th year of mismanagement, and we’d like you to join us. For a pub which firmly believes that the customer is rarely right, this is quite an … Continue reading
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Waxing Philosophical
Suddenly, duty calls. There are times when one must postpone the eradication of rural poverty, including one’s own, in places such as the Bolaven Plateau, and make a buck. Or, I should say, justify the bucks that are already being … Continue reading
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Return of the Crapper
This Sunday I will be returning to my land to admire any progress that was made. There should be a concrete strip road across the stream crossing. The filling in between and beside the concrete strip road down the access … Continue reading
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Work on the Stream Crossing Begins
The crossing point is about 20 or 25m upstream from the weir, which I’m standing on as I take the photo to the left. A number of boards in the weir are used to adjust the level of the water. … Continue reading
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Christmas Eve at Wrong Way Cafe — I Survived
Arriving back in Ubon about 5:00 p.m. on the 23rd, my first step in getting prepared for the Christmas Eve buffet was to mix myself a strong Sangsom & Red Bull. I followed this with another strong one because, well, … Continue reading
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Moments of Clarity, Part II — Rainbow Trout
One of the main reasons I ventured up onto the Bolaven Plateau was to check if the water temperature and volume were sufficient to farm rainbow trout. The King of Thailand has a Royal Project at Doi Inthanon in Chiang … Continue reading
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Moments of Clarity, Part I — Back to the Irish Bridge
Fire is a tool here. A child learns how to build and control a fire by about the age of 7. It is an important but mundane facet of daily life, very much as it would have been for ancestral … Continue reading
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My Luxury Retirment Home
I sometimes wonder if there is a Lao word for “progress.” It seems to be a concept quite beyond them. But, to be fair, even if they don’t have a word for “progress,” they probably don’t have one for “depression,” … Continue reading
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5th Annual Christmas Eve at Wrong Way Cafe
With 6 or so days to go until Christmas Eve, it’s decision making time. The most important ingredient is, of course, all of you. Especially the girls and not-quite girls who dressed up so finely for us last year. Everyone … Continue reading
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