Well, not quite!
We have anxiously been awaiting news house construction has started. While that sounds momentus, with visions of earth movers and excatators, things in Costa Rica are a little different.
The work is largely manual and the crews work from sun up (5:30 am) to sun down (5:30 pm). And most of the workers live outside the local area (largely San Jose and surrounding areas). So, they live on site, making the 5 hour trek home on weekends. This will be home to the crew for the next 10 months.
The foundation is not a traditional North American foundation - no basements here. They will manually dig a series of foundation holes (about 15 ft deep). These footings and a concrete pad form the foundation. It appears the footing holes have started (top right of photo).
Thanks to our friend Karen for being a 'nosey neighbour' and keeping us up to date. She also sent this great photo of another new neighbour.
We hear the booming call of the Howler Monkey every morning, but this fellow and his 5 family members have taken to the tree just outside Karen's house.
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