Week Eight

The pool at the Serena last sunday was wonderful! Quite good for the mind. $40 US for the pool and brunch but well worth it. Today I am writting from the Mamba House. This is a local establishment with pool, volleyball, Mutzig, and food. I am the only muzungu in the place. Definetly not the Serena.
Well its been 2 months since I arrived. We have accomplised alot in the last 2 months. I need to keep this in mind when dealing with the many frustrations I encounter. 4 weeks til i board a plane for 2 week break in Seattle, yea!!
Worked til 1pm yesterday and then went around town to take pictures if the signage in Kigali. I have found the signs very entertaining and thought you might to so am attaching some of them to the blog and will also send out via picassa.Good example of the exciting things to do in Kigali!
The presidential election is tomorrow. Paul Kagame the current president should win by a landslide. It has been interesting to see the increased military presence throughout the city in the last month. Men with big guns all over the place should there be trouble. Although the government claims to be democratic the Tutsie's are definetly the elite and in power. Have heard reports of a few opposition people being murdered. I am not anticipating any trouble but will hang low tomorrow. there have been political rallies for the last few weeks. A tremendous amount of celebrating. Tomorrow is a national holiday and Tuesday will probably end up the same.
Construction is going well. Block work is now progressing in most buildings. Ring beam started in Dining. Will be ready for trusses very soon. Received site grading and utility design on Saturday and will spend the day reviewing Monday. Will spend Tuesday hopefully finalizing the deal with the power company Electrogaz to provide power to our site. Recieved and reviewed another round of BOQ/Pricing on several more buildings and should finalize this week. Next critical is the sitework and utilities pricing which is major. Learned last week that a environmental impact study is now required. New requirement that Rwanda has implemented in the last year that was not required when the permits for the project were issued. Frustration/headache #1001!
All for now, have a great week.