So, yesterday after a ‘phone call from the Freight Co., Jim and I went to the camp to take a look at what had arrived in terms of furniture and fittings for our new hotel.

After almost 5 hours of back-breaking and sweaty work, we had unloaded 4 very large pallets of items and checked the contents of 22 more boxes.  Driving backwards and forwards between Ocean One and Swell we have stored many of the items in the garage of a good friend of mine who was kind enough to offer (thanks Claire).

Nest Tuesday, I am told that the rest of our shipment will arrive.

Things are moving very quickly at the camp now; there’s a team of 25 or more people working there on electrics, plastering, etc.  We are always impressed by how hard working the Haitian men are – they are mixing cement by hand all day long.   It’s amazing; standing right in the sunshine and bending for hours on end.  Right now, the air temperature is around 100 degrees – we don’t know how they do that and stay so cheerful.; respect.