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As the Balinese New Year (Nyepi) approaches we were able to move our things from our rental unit and make our new home moderately livable before the entire island shuts down. During 24 hours — after two days of purification…
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Week #38 — Moving in (in a few days)
This week was the week when we had hoped to move in but we had a terrazzo hiccup and a few leaks from the heavy rains (better to discover now). On the bright side some furniture arrived (even with terrazzo…
Week #37 — A few setbacks & delays yet progress too
The rainy season has not been a major factor (yet) in finishing up this project. However we had a couple of major downpours and I guess you can say we were lucky to find leaks! Lucky? Well if you think…
Week #35 — Pool tile saga begins & more
Work continues on many fronts. What I thought might be a five day job — tiling the swimming pool — turns out to be a major underestimation. It will probably be 15 days or so. Our mural artist Maria is…
Week #33 — 50 workers
We are ramping up to get the finishes done. We have workers encamped from three villages, an electrical & plumbing crew, and a team making custom windows and doors. You can imagine that labor must be cheap and you’d be…