making progress - 57 days into construction - will start this week with roof construction

more pictures of construction - click on the picture

45 days into construction

30 days into construction

Ping Pool Villas Construction 2015

Jungle Flight zip-line adventure Jan 2015

Jungle Flight zip-line adventure Jan 2015

Just 10 Days Into Construction

I'm very happy with the process of our construction project.
It was just 10 days ago that we agreed with a team of local workers for the basic construction and immediately started with measurement for excavation.
Today all iron work for footings and for all posts for both 2-storey houses is done and they are pouring the cement into the footings at the moment (to be finished by today).
Joy is doing a very professional and effective work as "constructor", coordinating workers and supply of construction material as well as (especially) controlling costs. Our engineer friend Khun Sanguan is an "angel" for providing a lot of valuable advice.

Laying Of Foundation Stone with Ceremony - Grundsteinlegung 30.12.2014

Ping Pool Villas

At Ben's Birthday Party

Mr Handsome

Akin's Birtday 2014

Small birthday party for Akin with only family and 1 friend overnight at Mountain Float Resort (Mae Ngat Dam - Mae Taeng Chiang Mai)

more picture of this trip at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/104211979864667748960/AkinSBirthday2014?authuser=0&feat=directlink

new pictures 2014

Sukorn Island again

very nice dolphin sightings

Short stop over in Aphawa ("Venice of Thailand)

Buffet at the highest building of Bangkok - Bayoke tower

Mae Wang - weekend activity

more pictures on picasa:        http://picasaweb.google.com/rosenkranzjoerg

our new provisory "headquarter" we are renting for a few months to have a "base camp" while construction of our own beach front estate

https://picasaweb.google.com/rosenkranzjoerg/OurBeachFirstPicturesOfAProjectInLine#5930159268704086738

click the link above to stroll through more pictures

Now it's ours! - pictures from preparation and clearing of our Koh Sukorn beach front estate

click on the photo to see first pictures from our Sukorn Island Beach front estate - we plan to build on this plot one 4 bedroom villa and one separate double bungalow within this year.

April - July 2013 pictures folder on picasa (to be continued)

 Akin passed the ABRSM grade 2 violin exam - with best possible grade "distinction"

Summer "vacations" to Koh Sukorn Island (more for "work" this time!)

for more pictures from April - July click this thumbnail:

Easter Holiday 2013

 
click the link (picture) to see some pictures of Akin and Ben on our trip to Bulon, Sukorn, Laoliang islands...in the South of Thailand

pictures Jan - March 2013

 
more:
https://picasaweb.google.com/rosenkranzjoerg/JanMarch2013#slideshow/5838543233952917474

our house from the other side of the river - dry season

...evening light - picture taken from the other side of the river - first time I went there and looked at our house and garden from that perspective. more pictures at our picasa site: https://picasaweb.google.com/rosenkranzjoerg/JanMarch2013

Ich steh an deiner krippe hier

Akin plays this beautiful Christmas song of the German baroque era (music by J.S. Bach and words by Pretorius) at his school Christmas celebration. He is accompanied by his friend Tobias on piano.

Akin's Lord of the Rings medley recital

The medley containing his selection from soundtrack themes of  LORD OF THE RINGS : "In Dreams", "Concerning Hobbits", "Many Meetings" and "Rohan - King of the Golden Hall".
In "Concerning Hobbits" he missed one entry for just a moment and few notes in the high pitch - but otherwise he played PERFECT and BEAUTIFUL! very concentrated and with good expression for the spirit of the music. The sound of the recording doesn't do him full justice - sorry for that!

At the Golden Triangle

Jochen and Da visited us for one week in Chiang Mai - went together to some places in the Golden triangle - here on the Mekong in Chiang Saen
more actual pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/rosenkranzjoerg/AugOct2012

preparing the Hobbit costume for Akin's Lord of the Ring Performance