Mr Handyman

Arthur is turning out to be quite the handy man. Continue reading →

Gangster cats in the morning

Food. Now. We’re not moving till we get it.

Baby steps

It has been a week since we’ve slept in our new home. We’ve already had one village power cut which lasted 12 hours, another that lasted 20 minutes. We’ve also had 2 electricity trips because perhaps the house is unable to handle our city-like power usage. Continue reading →

Sanding sux

My dad had a great idea: “I think you guys should sand the floorboard on the second floor. Sand and varnish.” Continue reading →

Home sweet home…eventually

Our new home is in Pan Qu Village, which is in Ying Qiao Province, which is in Dali City, Yunnan. We rented an old wooden house from Uncle Li, a local tea farmer. Continue reading →

Back to basics

8.5 years in Shanghai and it was time to move on. It was time for a radical change. The only way to escape the clutches of alluring Shanghai is to run away. And thats what we did. We ran to Yunnan, Dali. No more first world city problems for us, let’s go rural yo. Continue reading →