Day 2 Quillahuata

Wednesday August 26, 2009:

We were up with the donkeys, roosters and dogs and just about anything else that can or will make a noise once the sun comes up. This is around 6:00 am.

We laid the foundations today. The foundations consist of large pieces of granite brought in by truck along with mud. By the end of the day, we were awfully dirty from the mud.

The kids also cleared the soccer field of garbage, rocks and sheep dung. The field is used to graze a couple of sheep every day, hence it never needs to be mosed. The kids also managed to find a little store in the town of about 40 sq ft that sells Coke and Inca Cola, so they were fine for the rest of the week. There was also a short trip to see the local farmers ploughing the fields with cattle.

Rolfino and Juan, the local construction experts hired by Peru´s Challenge, are great to work with despite the fact that they do not know a word of English. We have developed an understanding of what is required as well as some basic construction words in both Spanish and English that seem to work. In any case they keep us hopping.