Nye endegavle/new end walls

P.t. prioriterer jeg ikke at lægge billeder op så hurtigt - men her er de seneste. Projekt endegavle sluttede for et par uger siden. Det pyntede jo noget selvom farven ikke var helt som ønsket, men farvevalget var begrænset i dette materiale, som er et amerikansk produkt i fibercement, der er vedligeholdelsesfrit. HURRA. Det ligner rigtig træ med strukturer, og det er kun, hvis man lige ved det, at man kan se, at det er kunstigt. Døm ikke efter billedet - nu ved du det jo.

Jeg har tilrettet lidt på bloggen, så de seneste billeder fremover ligger under NYESTE BILLEDER i højre side men er også at finde på et link under billeder som sædvanligt.

Uploading new pictures is not one of my priorities at present but now the lastest ones are here. Project end walls ended a few weeks ago. The house definately looks better even thouogh the colour does not match my preferances, but colours in this material are limited. It is an American product of fiber cement (concrete) and demands no maintainance. HURRAY. It looks like real wood with veins. It is only if you know it that you can see it is artificial. Don't judge by the pictures - because you know now.

I have made a little change on the blog and placed a link under LATEST PICTURES TAKEN on your right hand side, but a link is also placed under pictures as usual.

Malerarbejde/Painting

Jeg har måttet male både juli - august og september mellem bygerne, og for at det ikke skal være løgn, så syntes jeg at udestuen var blevet for gul i forhold til det store vinduesparti i huset, så om igen og ny farve omkring vinduer i udestuen. Var det nu også rigtig??? Nej, nu gider jeg ikke male det om igen. Det må blive som det er. Sådan. Næste projekt.

Klik på linket i højre side under billeder - malerarbejde.


I have had to paint both in July - August and September between pouring showers of rain. And I am not kidding I had to do some of it over again, as I found the outdoor room too yellow and changed the colour around the windows to white again. Was that right??? No, I am not doing it over again, it has to stay like that. That's it. Next project.

Click the link on the right side under pictures - paiting

Små gæster/small guests

    

Rap og Rup (der var også en Rip, som fik hjem med det samme) var for en kort tid pensionærer hos mig. 2 små kattekillinger, der alt for tidligt blev taget fra deres mor. Jeg tror ikke, at jeg var kommet af med dem, hvis de havde været her meget længere, men allergi og det at blive afhængig var det, som afgjorde deres skæbne. Jeg vil nok altid være i tvivl om det var det rigtige, at jeg gjorde. De har efterladt et stort hul i mit hjerte.

Dewey and Louie (there was also a Huey, but he got a new home right away) were for a short period guests with me. 2 small kittens taken away from their mother too soon. I do not believe that I would have given them away had they been with me much longer, but allergy and dependence was the fact that desided they destiny. I shall however doubt forever if it was the right thing to do. They had left a big empty space in my heart. 

Billeder fra Vietnam/pictures from Vietnam

Hvad gik der lige galt? 400 billeder var mere end jeg havde overskud til at beskrive - og beskrivelsen, den synes alligevel at mangle, men det må jeg se på senere. Her blot nogle af dem.

Til jer som læser min blog så har det været 6 måneder uden nyheder men det betyder ikke, at der ikke er sket noget. Jeg har lidt klar på skrivebrættet, som vil komme inden for den næste uges tid eller to.

What went wrong? 400 pictures were more than I could overcome to describe - and the description seems to miss anyway. I shall have to look into that later on, but some of them can be seen in the web album.

To you reading my blog it has been 6 months without any news but it does not mean that nothing happened. I have news ready on the board and it will be published in about 1-2 weeks.

Tagrender/gutters

Så er der kommet nye tagrender på mit hus. Herligt - nu behøver jeg ikke mere at frygte monsunregn m.m. Hele projektet gik ret smertefrit og jeg er ganske tilfreds med resultatet, og det siger jo en del. Håndværkerne har lavet et godt stykke arbejde uden at ødelægge andet end en af mine fine blomsterkrukker.

Now my house has got new gutters. Lovely - now I do not have to fear monsun rain etc. The entire projekt went well and I am quite happy with the result. That says a lot. The craftmen have made a good piece of work without destroying anything but one of my fine flower pots.

Mekong Delta

Tilbage til Saigon fra Mekong Delta efter en smuk tur, hvor tiden staar stille. Det er et meget frodigt omraade og folk lever et meget simpelt liv uden nogen form for comfort. De er tilfredse med dette. De har ry for at drikke en del, hvilket vel er den eneste adspredelse, som de har.

Hele gruppen sov sammen uden for i den tropiske nat (med moskitonet). En vietnamesisk familie havde lavet sig en forretning, hvor de havde opsat feltsenge og lavede mad til overnattende turister (dog for et meget begraenset antal, saa det blev mere privat, og vi var da ogsaa de eneste).

Vi sejlede dog foerst rundt til flere af de omkring liggende oer med endnu en baad helt for os selv. Tilsidst blev vi koert gennem et tropisk lignende skov paa primitive transportmidler til indkvarteringen. Det har i det hele taget vaeret en smuk oplevelse trods de af og til luvede omgivelser og det meget affald rundt omkring.

Vi besoegte Cu Chi tunnellerne taet ved Cambodia nord for Saigon. Det var et de steder Vietcong'erne ydede staerk modstand mod amerikanerne under Vietnamkrigen, og hvor man husker det beroemte billede af den lille pige, som loeber efter at vaere braendt overalt paa kroppen af en af de mange bomber, som amerikanerne smed i omraadet.

Vietnameserne synes ikke til at baere nag trods fortidens raedsler, og de er venlige og imoedekommende. Jeg kan kun anbefale, at man tager til Vietnam, som er anderledes positivt end forventet.

Jeg skal hilse og sige, at dette omraade var hedt og fugtigt, og jeg lignede ogsaa her en roed og opsvulmet ballon i dagtimerne.

Back again to Saigon from Mekong Delta after a beautiful trip, where time seems to stand still. The area is very vigorous and people live a simpel life without any comforts. They are happy with this. It is said that they drik a lot but I guess it is the only distraction they got.

The whole group slept outside in the tropical night (with amosquito nets). A Vietnamese family made a living out of offering camp beds and cooking to tourist sleeping overnight (however a limited number making it all more private and we were the only ones).

First however we were visiting the surrounding islands by yet another boat of our own. We ended the tour to our distination on very primitive vehicles, which went through a beautiful area looking like a tropical forrest. The impression of the areas that we have seen has all together been beautiful inspite of sometimes dilapidated buildings and garbage everywhere.

We also visited the Cu Chi tunnels close to the Cambodian border and north of Saigon. This was one of the areas where the Viet Congs put up strong resistance to the Americans during the Vietnam war and the place from the photo taken of the little girl running after having been burned all over her body by one of the bombs thrown by the Americans in that area.

The Vietnamese do not however seem to have no hard feelings inspite of the horror of the past and they are friendly and obliging. I can only recommend a trip to Vietnam, which is very different in positive way.

I can tell you that this are was hot and humid too and that I have been looking like a red and swollen ballon in the daytime.

Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City

Saa er vi landet i Saigon. Midt i en tropisk hede - luftfugtigheden er p.t. kun 50% men kan gaa helt op til 70-70%. Det foeles dog stadig ulideligt, saa jeg toer slet ikke taenke paa hvordan det kan vaere.

Vi havde en kort tur rundt i byen, som er meget arkitektonisk praeget af sin tid som fransk koloni. Vi besoegte det Vietnamesiske krigsmuseum, hvilket selvfoelgelig var en meget tramatisk oplevelse. Jeg naaede kopimarkedet. Noget jeg altid MAA se.

Der bor 9 mill. i Saigon. Det ser ud som om mindst halvdelen af de 40 mill. motorcykler er her, men der er mere styr paa trafikken end i Hanoi. Folk tjener ca. dobbelt saa meget her. Det virker heller ikke helt saa fattigt, men det er stadig uhyrligt dyrt for vietnameserne at bo her og mange flytter tilbage til landet.

I morgen gaar turen til Mekong deltaet, hvor vi bl.a. skal overnatte hos en familie, som det hedder sig. Vi skal aabenbart sove i det fri. Jeg tror ikke, at vi faar sovet meget.

Hver aften er der faellespisning. I aften foregaar det ude i Saigons hede.

We have landet in the heat of Saigon in the middle of the tropical heat. The humidity is 50% but can go up to 70-80%. It still feels unbearable though so I dare not think what it could be like.

We made a short trip around the city, which is very influenced architectural by the French being af former colony. We visited the Vietnamese museeum of war, which of course was a traumatic experience. I did the copy market. Something I always HAVE to do.

There are 9 mill. people living in Saigon and it looks like half the 40 mill. motorbikes are here, but they have control of the trafic here. The income of the citizens are twice that of the people in Hanoi and the city does not look as poor, but still the living expences are very high and many people move back into the country.

Tomorrow we are going to the Mekong Delta, where we are doing a homestay overnight sleeping outside. I do not expect that we will get much sleep.

Every night we have a get together for a dinner meal. Tonight it will out in the heat of Saigon.