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The first mud hut in Wat Tam Bua Tong is almost finished, along with an attached reporting room (for pics see the galleries). Even with our limited lines of communication and high entry requirements, the most sincere are finding ways to get to our neck of the woods, and we're begining to look towards expanding the centre to accommodate the demand. There's a nice patch of forest across the stream that was once part of the wat, which we plan to ask permission to use again, and we already have enough bricks left over to make our second mud hut.

The rain has begun to show itself in earnest, and my new roof is already leaking. Hopefully it will be fixed by the 18th, when we enter the rainy season for real. For now, I have my umbrella and mosquito screen to sleep under, and am already staying in the mud hut every night after the workers leave.

The birds and insects are the only noise now, and the trees my only neighbours. Indeed, the forest is the place for finding the truth which lies within.