There are places in the world that unexplainably special. The moment you walk in, an overwhelming sense of satisfaction takes over, and you know you’ve found a place your soul identifies as home. Tacomepai is one of those places, a tucked in organic farm that makes me feel as if I have found my Never Never Land. It seems to be a sink for travellers; the lost boys (and girls) never want to go home. We spend our days creating a fantasy of ornate bamboo tree houses, cosy mud palaces, boiling eggs in hot springs, and experimenting with the magic of agriculture.
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| Tree house hut at Tacomepai |
A day of hard labour consisted of 10 of us casually hammering a wooden roof onto a hut, spending more than 3 hours playing in the hot springs, collecting morning glory leaves along the river side (like a spinach which we ate for dinner), and a late night with moonshine by the bonfire. We hack away at branches with machetes… getting a bit of firewood for the kitchen stove, and cook together as a family. Everyone pitches in what money and work they are willing to give, and together we create this incredible place, Tacomepai.
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| I like to call this "loo" the "White Thrown" |
Everything we need we can make out of bamboo… any structure, shoe, plate, door latch, baskets, instruments… and once you’re shown how… perhaps anyone could make it! Even the pigs are happy! You walk over to their pen and they greet you with happy wet noses and wiggly curly tails. Feeding them is one of my favourite things to do!
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| Happy Organic Farm Pigs |
Free messages… if you get on someone’s good side ;) a school where the seats and tables are swings, a pond with rope swing and high bamboo platform to jump from, rice paddies, live music every night, and spectacular views of the mountains.
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| Travel Thailand by Motorbike, explore the open road ahead |
My friends, places like this are the reasons I travel. If I were to only have ever spent just a day here, the things I would learn and bring back home would still change my take on life forever. I could spend a very long time on this farm, cause they’ve definitely got it right!
