Jacqui and Richard Abroad: Sunday, May 25th

The end of our school week went by quickly - weeks are short when you start on Tuesday and get done on Thursday! There was some fatigue and jet lag for a few days; Jacqui seemed to get back on track a lot faster than I did. We didn't do much Friday; it was a nice relaxing "nothing" day, which was very nuch needed. We went to the Palms in the afternoon and did grocery shoppping afterwards. Like I said, real exciting day.

Saturday wasn't much more exciting. Jacqui was basically tutoring all day as it is pretty much the last week of "real" school for the kids - they stop going to school as soon as high school exams start or as soon as the JK/SK graudations are done, even though there are still a good three weeks left on her school calendar! (Jacqui's school finishes on June 19th). And today Sunday, she tutored again, coming home past 9:30 pm, after seeing 4 different kids. She's so busy she started doing like some airline companies and double booked (by accident) one of her time slots!

Like the title says, it is getting to be "too much hot". Our temperatures at 6 am are in the low 30's and we are hitting 42 - 43 in the afternoon. It's on the warm side! However, most of the outdoor workers haven't started to work at night yet, to avoid the heat. It should come in the next few weeks.

Here are a few pictures of what we see on construction sites. Everything is made of concrete; there is no wood used except to make scaffolding when building smaller buildings. In these buildings, pretty much everything is done by hand - ie unloading the cement bags from the trucks, pulling up the concrete to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors, etc... Needless to say, safety is not a big concern either. Workers do not wear proper footwear (they wear sandals), hardhats, harnesses or any safety equipment. But somehow, buildings do go up!