Nicaragua real estate: Day 26 in the life of a Nicaraguan Earthship

As our road is under construction, there are very small windows of opportunity to receive materials. And everyday is an opportunity to learn.

Yesterday I was promised by one fellow based out of Rivas that the sand would arrive before 7:00am, an hour and a half before the road crew arrives. I was also promised by a more local building supply store that the 60 cement bags I had ordered would also arrive before 8:00am and that we were first on the priority list for the day.

As we pulled into the site at 6:55am, the truck full of 9 cubic meters of sand was already being unloaded.

The day began with more concrete work on the water catchment system, making sure all drains were slopped at the proper angle. There is also a significant amount of mud/adobe plasterwork underway and it is drying very well. This is the time of year for making mud since it has plenty of time to cure during this dry season.

But all work slowed to a crawl as the last bag of cement was consumed at about 8:30am… We were able to keep busy, but the efficiency of work was clearly lacking for about an hour. The nice thing about building Earthships, is that there will always be dirt to move or sift and tires to pound.

At about 9:45am, the cement arrived.

Of course by this time the road was impassable. As we have done before, we hiked it to the site much like ants marching up a hill.

The day continued and progress was made. Just another good Nica-story…

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