We got to work the same time again, we are all aching really badly now and it’s such an effort to get up! Our job today was digging, lots of digging. We finished off yesterday’s trench plus 2 more. I actually really enjoyed digging, there’s something quite therapeutic and satisfying about it. At about 10.30am… Continue reading More digging and a fiesta
Category: Costa Rica
I hate bricks
We got up the same time as yesterday and arrived on site again at 7.30am. As we arrived a huge lorry of concrete bricks turned up, some small, some medium and some large. They attempted to reverse the lorry into the driveway so that they could unload directly onto the plot but they couldn’t get… Continue reading I hate bricks
To the building site
Yesterday I really did not think I would make it to work but I did feel a bit better this morning and decided I would go and just not eat anything so I didn’t feel bad! We got up at 5.45am, yes 5.45am and met the others at the corner just after 6.30am. Our home… Continue reading To the building site
First day with the charity project
Lack of blogs; yes I have been ill again, this time a stomach bug possibly from the water but I’m not really sure. The reason we are in Costa Rica is to do a charity project that involves building houses for underprivileged families. Emma was supposed to do the project about 4 years ago but… Continue reading First day with the charity project
Hola Costa Rica
Yesterday morning we left Cusco and flew firstly to Lima, then straight to San Jose in Costa Rica. The flight to Lima was fine but the one to San Jose was not good, there was a lot of turbulence and the fact we were flying with Taca Airlines didn’t help! We picked up our luggage… Continue reading Hola Costa Rica