Today is the start of Dashain festival and for the next 4 days there will be no work in Nepal. So the next construction update will follow in a few days.

We did visit the Khandbari farmers market this morning – amazing colours, sights and smells

Meeting with the Khandbari mayor

It rained heavy and solid right through the night last night. As a result the completed excavation for the grade beams done yesterday collapsed, about 50%. When Carrie and I turned up to site this morning, we helped dig them out, heavy thick red clay. They are now just starting to stone shoring between the footings, then the grade beam forming and rebar, hopefully there will be a bit of a break in the rains soon.

Excavation for grade beams completed