Travels
Kathmandu Again and Back to Doha
With the build over, myself and one other team member are headed back to Kathmandu. One of the hotel staff was born on Christmas day so we got him a pile of cream donuts and stuck candles in them. Homer Simpson would be proud. He fed us each a piece and we all said our ...
The Build – Day Seven
I wake up but I don’t get up. At least not easily. My back is sore as sin. Downstairs our team leader gives me and extra strength Ibuprofen that miraculously transforms me. Rather than moving like I’m eighty I now move more like I’m sixty. I’m good enough to go and work. I go back ...
The Build – Day Six
The task for today is the finish the inside and outside walls. The kids are out first thing this morning and we get some play time in before work starts. One of them who started out really shy has gotten over that. She wants some pics, but more importantly she wants to get her hands ...
The Build – Day Five
The day starts off cool and misty but gives way to the sun as the morning progresses. The pit has the dirt and straw, and the water is coming by the bucket full from the front yard. We need two people to stomp the mud. Our team leader volunteers to take on one of the ...
The Build – Day Four
The weather today is actually cloudy and cool. The walls are just about finished. Before they can go up we have to start building up the floor inside. So three of us are on shovels and tossing dirt from the back yard into what will be the floor while the other group works on the ...
The Build – Day Three
The weather starts out foggy today. A few of us are out taking advantage with our cameras taking advantage of this new perspective on the scenery. We’re back into our cleaning and weaving groups. I spend some time in each, we’re all working like a well oiled machine now. On the first day cleaning we ...