No Blue Monday

What a fantastic day it was, most of it at the site. Andy and I got out there about 10am after some business in town. Tomorrow we'll be out there bright and early though.

When we got there it was all rock n' roll and starting with building a temporary entry into the site for the vehicle - this is also where delivery vehicles will be coming in during construction. Some of the people passing along in the road stopped to stare at me working with the lads and packing the rocks but they'll get used to it. Result: our vehicle went in - the first vehicle on the site since demarcated and purchased (only about 20-30m in though - no way a vehicle can get deeper into the site at this stage).

We had decided to mark out the front of house buildings first and from there we'll do the rest. Well, success on that - finshed marking out reception and the office, also the bar, lounge and dining areas. It was a massively pleased group of guys looking at all those points we'd marked out today. All being done the old traditional way of handheld compass and tape measure and of course the wooden pegs and string. I must say, one does get a lot more respect for the surveyors of old who didn't have all the fancy toys.

Marking out was also not marking points, because of the contours etc we had to make sure what areas the building affect and which we will be leaving as they are. This is probably what made it even more rewarding to look back at everything in the afternoon.

The other little added bonus was that my learning of Kinyarwandan just accellerated today. I made a deal with the lads that for every term or sentence I learn and use in Kinyarwanda, they have to do the equivalent in English - if I don't watch out, these lads will be speaking English better than my Kinyarwandan is soon.