Wrapping up

The last team has gone.
The houses are all finished.
The fence is up.
Gifts are bought.
Packing is happening.
Good-byes are being said.

Soon, it will be time to depart.

Arrived

Once we finally left the UK, our journey was exceptionally smooth. Prior to that... well, think overrunning engineering works near Rugby, signal failures near Hayes, appallng service at the very expensive hotel near Heathrow (thankyou business miles).

It's warm here, but not too hot: a mere 29C today.

Yesterday, we visited the village where we will be doing most of the work here. There is a mixture of housing, ranging from tumbledown-shack to mediterranean villa, though more of the former than the latter.

All is busy, as we have just a few days until the first team arrives in country, and everything needs to be SMOOTHLY in place by then. It isn't that yet. This is being typed during a short gap between meetings, so my carefully planned blog structure has gone out the window already!

Photos will happen at some point.

Keep thinking of us, praying for us, sending positive vibes our way. We need all the backup we can get.

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One less thing to worry about

I have got rid of my car.

I don't use it that much: cycling to work (and using a train) removing a sizable percentage of the average commute milage and I generally prefer to use a train for longer distance journeys when possible. However, this year I relised that my insurance premium was probably higher than the value of the car. What with that, other associated car-ownership costs and the fact that I'm out of the country for the next few months, it seemed time to get rid of the thing.

My only regret is that I will no longer have the useful storage space that it provided, when securely locked in the underground car-park.

Countdown

I is a First Aider

One thing fewer to worry about.