Week thirty
This week we ordered the plywood for the walls and ceiling, and got a whole bunch of other bits and pieces for the house such as light switches and power …
Week twenty
It’s been a difficult week this week 🙁 we haven’t been to the land since before we went to Porto Alegre. We’ve been moving out of the pensão and into a …
Week twelve
This week there wasn’t much work to do as everyone was slowly winding back up after the Christmas break so we went back to the land on Wednesday to make …
Week ten
The first thing I did this week was to test out my new Vivo router at the “rock office”, and it looks very promising for connectivity on the land! I …
Week seven
The first thing to do this week was to get our gambiarra fixed up by a real mechanic! Here’s a simple diagram of what would probably be the cheapest way …
Week six
We went to the land early Thursday afternoon even though the weather wasn’t the best, and spent Friday and the weekend building our bridge so we could get the trailer …
Week four
We started the week this with a change of plan – it’s been too difficult getting work done having to come in to Canela every week and try to get …
Week three
We started this week in Canela to buy some more tools and try and sort out some Internet options for the land. Candido’s mother has kindly let us stay in …
Day five
The car was fixed (again), the mechanic was really good so we’re very happy to have access to someone reliable nearby. He had replaced the clutch cylinder barrel and the …
Day three
The mechanic had our clutch hose replaced by about 11am, and showed us the correct fluid to top up the clutch reservoir with. We then went to an auto-electrician he …