First Delivery & House Plans

Mario, my great Spanish teacher, took on the task of introducing me to a local market and today we bought & delivered the family blankets, mattress, tools (Wheelbarrow, Shovel, Picks), toilet paper & food (10kg Rice, Sugar, Oil, Noodles, etc)

We also took some measurements and the plan is to build a 8*4 meter wooden house. Half of it will be a two stories house. Quite a vision for a 3 weeks project..

Right now there is a lot of mud so in the next 3-4 days the main job would be to prepare the ground for the base of the house. Then we’ll start the construction phase. I’ve requested some volunteers from an excellent local hostel called Loki and hopefully few volunteers can join me on Thursday & Friday.

Se there’s a lot of physical work for the next few weeks but tomorrow my Spanish teacher and I going to check materials prices (Wood, tiles, etc) and perhaps hire a local builder. Wish me luck with the prices, The locals simply don’t like to haggle and it took me more than 15 minutes to get a a few dollars discount today. All with laughs, of course.