It is virtually impossible to live a life that straddles East and West, as we do, geographically, without straddling East and West, philosophically. There are many layers of philosophical / world view differences, and the purpose here is not to…
Sculpting our lives, building our Sri Lanka nest ~ part 4
At this point, we are days away from moving from Viet Nam to Sri Lanka and there are still a few big missing pieces of the puzzle, most notably our bathtub. Of course we can start off with just a…
Off the beaten path ~ A rural community in Central Vietnam.
One of the features of Hoi An, is that it is also a hub for a myriad of smaller rural communities that live on islands, all within short boat rides from the historic town center. One of our favorite things…
Sculpting our lives, building our Sri Lanka nest ~ part 3
If readers are confused about our “nest construction”, switching as it does between Hoi An, Viet Nam and Unawatuna, Sri Lanka, there is good reason for it. We are creating two home bases in parallel and, to be more exact,…
Ben sculpts ~ Hoi An, Vietnam
Hoi An may be about the architecture and the food and the beach, but Than Ha, the nearby town where fishermen live, has another striking attribute: it is a centuries-old hub for ceramics and pottery. We know the ceramics capability…
Slipping comfortably into life in Hoi An, Viet Nam
Like a deeply layered oil painting, our experience in our home base of Hoi An, builds in depth and texture over time. We lived in Hoi An for 3 months in 2013, then travelled the country extensively (including a week…
Sculpting our lives, designing our nest ~ continued…
The nest is taking shape, one twig at a time. We were off to a good start, and we are still moving forward but the rainy season has arrived in Sri Lanka. The pace of work has slowed. as workers…
Sculpting our lives, designing our nest ~ in Sri lanka
Before there was a house, there was a country. And before there was a country, there was a region. We just culminated a two year long due diligence process that was fun, thrilling, thought provoking and which forced us to…