day 3

Day 3 was a rest day. We walked around the town and explored the area we would be building.
We also drove around to the boys village and into town to get some thongs and bottled water.

Day 4 was the first (half) day of work. We went up the hill after luch to the shacks which where selected to be replaced, they where built out of wood and bamboo rods tied together with coconut-husk rope with the roof and walls covered with woven leaf sheets. We carefully disassembled the houses and piled up the leaf sheets for reuse. The roves where left intact for most of the houses and moved them aside for temporary shelter for the families while the houses are built.
We went back that afternoon satisfied, knowing that we had actually done something that day. However, this was the easy bit, the work only gets harder from here.

day 5. we started digging trenches for the foundations. hard work. kalluputty means village of stone. they got that right! the ground is full of them. you can't just dig with a shovel, we first needed to loosen the dirt and rocks with a pic or picaxe and then shovel out all the dirt.
more curry as usual for dinner. we are well fed, we even get potato wedges.
we all slept well that night


day 6. today we are continuing the work from yesterday. when we arrived, one house already had rocks in place for the foundation. by lunch time 2 had rocks, one of which was covered with mud, ready for the concrete/rock layer. 4 other foundations are still being dug and 2 are waiting to be marked out for digging.
we had our first food victim, liam who ate a dodgy bag of curry flavored chips. he is spending the day in bed. and (Edit: matt O'Shea) had a bit of sunstroke

-Jarrod