This is the second time I am trying to post this journal, the first time I tried I pressed the "submit" button and sceen came up asking to sign in again, then my journal disappeared, bummer .I drove with a friend to PUN PUN, about 50K from Chaing Mai about 5K past Mae Teang. It doesn't really get going until November, but the people let us have a look around at the adobe buildings. Url: http://www.punpunthailand.org/ View from PUN PUN farm.The lounge. You need a good concrete foundation to build with adobe bricks.You can make all kinds of build-in stuff.Jon and the big adobe house.Looks very strong to me.The bricks made from local earth clay and sand with straw added, no additives. The paster finish is adobe mud, all local materials. You can be creative with adobe  Adobe building needs a good roof overhang, don't want it to rain on the adobe. Roof can be made of local materials. Sawasdee Khrap,More info on adobe: http://www.quentinwilson.com/And another wedsite on Photography-local guy 'cool http://www.idioimagers.org/index.php       

look good. anybody else support him?

Nice report and great pics, thanks

Thank you, Bruce ...... see you in November

looks very solid and nice!

Thanks Bruce. Will probably pop around to this place when biking up North in December. 8)

Adobe buildings can take advantage of passive cooling because of mass, the building store "Cool-th" from the night air. The roof should be designed so there is good air flow, a high peaked roof with vents on the gables (ends) similar to Watt style roof. The goal is to have air movement in the house, warm air rises out through the roof while pulling cooler air through the window spaces, gives the house a "Breezy" feeling.

Thank you for comments

Lovely!