Well, our last day in Miraflores was emotional.  It felt rather like truanting to go onsite this morning and not pick up tools or a wheelbarrow while the construction team continued in their same inimitable style.  Today we spent time with the children in their classrooms playing the likes of head shoulders knees and toes and practicing their English.  Which in fairness is better than my Spanish so I think I came away with more learning than they did.  They were [...]

I suspect that when your architect pulls you all aside to give you a hug, you can be fairly certain he´s happy with what you´re doing.  And since every single one of us today got a hug – we know that we´re basically Bupa legends! Today started with brilliant views of Cotopaxi as we drew water from the well and lugged bucket loads of it up the hill for the cementing to begin.  The brilliant views were a bonus as [...]