The past two weeks have been two of the best of my life and I feel truly privileged to have been able to take part and to have met some amazing people. Last night Juan (the Gaffer) , Jorge and his family came along to our host family´s home for some food, drink and a bit of farewell [...]
Read More...Just got back ´home´after another tiring day on site. It was a beautiful hot day today with not a cloud in the sky. Obviously this sounds heavenly, but working outside in the heat is really very draining. Luckily most the heavy lifting has now been completed so we aren´t suffering too much. We are still progressing well [...]
Read More...When we are back in the UK, I am going to work out how much of what I brought with me I have not had a use for. I will be suprised if there are many things that have not come in handy since we have been here. To name a few: antiseptic wipes, a SPARE [...]
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A couple of shots from the weekend. Back to hard work tomorrow!
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It takes a lot of time and concentration doing these blogs, as this photo of Steve demonstrates. We have a full day on site tomorrow and then we are heading off for a the weekend for some relaxation in a national park. Will be visiting the volcano, hot springs and zip-lining through the rainforest canapy. [...]
Read More...We made a lot of great progress today at the site. The ´big´ boys built an entire wall, and judging by their strained faces during the assembly – those blocks were much heavier than they looked. The hole-digging (but far from puny!) team were also on top form, having reached the depth of 1.5 meters [...]
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This is the place where the family has been living for 30 years. As you can see, they are in need of something more solid. We are building on the patch in the foreground.
Read More...Great day at the work site today. It was brilliant that we were able to get stuck in so quickly. There were several different tasks to do – digging, mixing cement, making sure the foundations were level etc – so most of us were able to try our hand at a few things. I spent [...]
Read More...Went to the work site today which was an adventure in itself – the roads and the bus would certainly not have passed health and safety in the UK! Really nice to see that we will be working with the family for whom we are building the house. I think this will make the project [...]
Read More...Well I think I have got everything packed. Got some last-minute items today – present for my host family, work gloves and some fruit sherbets for the journey (any excuse!), and am now at home trying to relax before a fairly early start tomorrow. I can’t believe this has come around so quickly!
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