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Hauling rocks

Rafael throws some more rocks on the foundation. All the heavy rocks were hauled by us from the Aliso River.
Third World Construction

January 10th 2006
I now know it takes 5 men 3hours to do what a tractor could do in 10 minutes. Because it took me and 4 Ecuadorians three hours of shoveling, slashing through roots and hauling mud to turn a hill into a flat plain. Construction on the new lab is finally "finished". After six months of construction we had a cement floor, some wooden columns and a tin roof. So we gave up waiting and moved in, t ... read more
South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

Ecuadorian Flag The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more
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