Bricklaying Day 2!

So today Julie and I graduated to the outside free standing wall of the house,and it was most exciting to see that the wall that we built yesterday was still standing today and looking good. Today it was very exciting as we began on the scafolding on the outer wall, although the downside to that was it was in full sun for the morning, and the freaky thing was that as I was getting a little dehydrated, the vertigo started to set in, luckily we were finished the entire wall and I was able to get down, but that was a little scary. In the afternoon we moved to the other side of the house into the shade and began working from a slightly more rickety scaffold on the other side. But again the best thing about the day were the site forman and the other skilled workers we had, they were a fantastic bunch of men and although we couldn't speak the same language it was amazing that we were able to communicate and understand what the other meant, and I think they liked me coz I'm so nice! :)
It is so interesting to see the different people adapt to the situation, the culture and the working conditions and styles of another country. It seems that some people think they know everything about building houses, even if they have never done it before, and even when they are in a completely different environment to what they are use to at home. As you could imagine, health and safety is a little different over here, out site foreman, although still supervising us has what looks like a broken leg from falling off the scaffolding, yet he is still there watching us like a hawke. Our scaffolding too is slightly different, there is lots of hanging of the edge reaching for the edge of the wall to lay the first brick, but it is this experience that I am absolutely loving.
Although it is interesting to see and hear some of the well travelled people talk. I just can't believe what I hear some times, it baffles me that some one who is so widely travelled can be so intollerant to other people and other cultures, hear comes all my cultural learnings, see my visit to the USA was useful afterall!!!!
Anyway best be off now, need my sleep for anotherearly start and busy day tomorrow. 6:10 wake-up every morning and I think we are pouring the ceiling supports tomorrow as well as finishing off our masterful bricklaying.
See ya later.