Dances With Wolves

[Sojourn]

Thanks all for the interesting info about containerized housing, and I have another alternative housing idea for your consideration, and that is the traditional Native American style tee-pee.

Here again research show tee-pee's to be a viable choice if you happen to enjoy living close to Mother Nature.

I've seen scads of interior design options with everything from a foyer as an entrance buffer when the weather turns inclimate, to an interior redwood deck which nicely compliments an inlaid flat stone hearth for an open fireplace or wooden stove.

Of course if you want to rough it in style you could run electricity to accommodate fans, a/c, and fridge, whatever.

They are available in sizes to accommodate just the bare necessities to a diameter so large it will easily accommodate you and 12 of your closest friends for a pow-wow.

And with the modern fire retardant, water repellant materials used for the covering, they are sustainable for many years of use until another covering is required.

The most expensive part of the modern tee-pee are the fiberglass poles used for framing the structure,

but if you opt for a more traditional approach by using locally obtained wooden poles, I can not imagine they would be prohibitively expensive.

A tee-pee with an interior teak wood deck and poles - how cool would that be?

When you order, you can even have traditional Native American paintings added all around the exterior and I can only imagine the stir this would create with locals and tourists alike when they come upon your abode. Has anyone seen one in Thailand with or without paintings yet?

If you were to set up a community of them it would be a totally unique backpacker's campground, completely different from anything anyone has ever seen before.

How could you keep the critters out though?

[jdinasia]

in the past did you have a different screenname and ask about tricycles?

[Sojourn]

in the past did you have a different screenname and ask about tricycles?

Uh, no.

[MrPaddy]

Where is the containerized housing info ?

As for teepee's, I find the idea of building things like this as total crap on the landscape.

In its native home sure, but not somewhere else where it looks so totally out of place and an ugly scar on the land it is built.

Several of these very ugly developments can be seen around thailand, particularly Khao Yai area.

Blend into your environment, not take away from it.

[Naam]

in the past did you have a different screenname and ask about tricycles?

and now that you are back on planet Earth you might as well tell us what these aliens who abducted you looked like and whether they treated you nicely. did you need a visa when entering the alien planet? if no, did they stamp your passport? if yes, how long were you allowed to stay?

tell! tell! we are all waiting...

[Nignoy]

Dont know about teepee or Container living, got some mates who live in self dug homes underground,Why not just buy a decent Swag!!waterproof, mossie and snake proof, works for me Nignoy

[Sojourn]

Dont know about teepee or Container living, got some mates who live in self dug homes underground,Why not just buy a decent Swag!!waterproof, mossie and snake proof, works for me Nignoy

What is a swag?

[Beardog]

in the past did you have a different screenname and ask about tricycles?

and now that you are back on planet Earth you might as well tell us what these aliens who abducted you looked like and whether they treated you nicely. did you need a visa when entering the alien planet? if no, did they stamp your passport? if yes, how long were you allowed to stay?

tell! tell! we are all waiting...

Wasn't that Scary movie 4 In Tripod mode!

Beardog

[MrPaddy]

A swag is an aussie sleeping bag.

And I don't mean his missus.

[Nignoy]

A swag is an aussie sleeping bag.

And I don't mean his missus.

Will treat your comment with the contempt it deserves ,A swag is a waterproof sleeping bag with mossie net and low tent roof comes in all shapes and sizes commonly used by travelling workers.Funny enough your comment was the type of reply to be expected from your average Bog Trotter we used to have a saying in Crossmaglen , Help preserve Ireland Stuff a Paddy Nignoy

[Sojourn]

A swag is a waterproof sleeping bag with mossie net and low tent roof comes in all shapes and sizes commonly used by travelling workers.

Say Mr. Nignoy, this sounds like something easy to carry and great for camping.

Is is like one unit that you just unfold? And where can they be bought?

Thanks.

[MrPaddy]

They are found across the australian outback, usually in the middle of a sheep paddock though. Romantics that they are.

[Nignoy]

Swags roll up easy, we even have two lightweight swags which fit nicely behind the headlamps of our motorbikes when we are on tour. You can buy swags from any good Australian outdoor and camping outfitters, top of the range double swags cost about 200dollars Australian Nignoy