Back from Manila

[grahamw48]

It is something I'd like to try sometime, but I have to admit it scares me.. by that I mean.. how would I spend my time.. what would I do without a PC, phone, well any technology... I'd probably love it at first, but soon enough would begin to miss those things

Well, true there was no electricity or piped water there, but I did take my radio/cassette player with me (that's the best we had in those days ), along with a few books, and as I'm interested in nature, plenty to keep me occupied.

I also enjoyed picking coffee beans from the trees, drying them in the sun and then making coffee from them. Fishing and bathing in the mountain river, panning for gold in it, making and flying kites....so many things to do actually.

Then I began to plan out a design for generating hydro-electricity from a nearby fast-flowing stream....

[DeltaRomeo]

Then I began to plan out a design for generating hydro-electricity from a nearby fast-flowing stream....

Stick a dynamo on a bike wheel with paddles attached? ;-)

How about a perpetual motion machine with falling sand?.. I thought i was onto a winner with that one! haha.. it worked fine in my mind

Fishing, coffee beans, paning for gold.. great for a fortnight maybe.. but a life like that.. I don't know.. would be happy to try a holiday though.