Yesterday marked the start of yet another part of the project - our parking palapa. Florencio and his crew from Progresso arrived early with a truckload of timber from the bush. It's all hardwoods and extremely heavy. Much heavier than anything I ran into in the Northwest.
The last bit to be unloaded was the vertical columns, an extremely heavy and dense wood. When they fell to the ground from the truck, there was no bounce, just a solid "Thunk" as they hit the ground.
There was still quite a bit of the lumber that needed to be skinned, so that's what is going on here. These guys are artists with the machete, which just about everyone down here has at least one - carried on their bicycles, cars, you name it.
Florencio ?? is the head builder or "Maestro" as they call lead workers down here. He built the palapa over Jim and Melanie's Trinity House. He's been building palapa structures for around thirty years, so he has probably more experience at it than anyone.
The other project going on is the basement tiling. It's just about done and is really looking good.
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