On Monday we woke up with a foggy day and with the children back to school after some days of holidays. As almost every day, during the morning we were tampering. In the evening we organized a big party at home to celebrate Farid´s birthday. All our friends came along and we enjoyed dancing reggae music until late in the night.
We have finished the last section of one of the corners and after letting it dry we moved the formwork to the other corner. To reinforce the corners we have put some metal rods with “C” shape that connect the wall with the concrete beam that will come on top of it. We have finished the frontal wall and repaired some details from other walls from last weeks.
We have made some tests on cast earth; the technique that we will be using for the columns. The technique is similar to rammed earth but increasing the percentage of cement and making a more liquid mixture, avoiding tampering so hard. We made several tests with different mixtures. Some of the mixtures had too much cement and as result the final colour was too grey.
On Thursday we were invited to the graduation party in Kibaoni Primary School. Students from Standard 7 got graduated and the celebration was a nice show with dances, songs, theatre, drinks and food.
For the weekend we went for a short safari to Tarangire National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, having the chance of disconnecting for some days, immersing ourselves in other completely different landscapes. We saw many beautiful animals, some of them really near!
Tanzania Goes Mud! 