Otro Vez...Otro Vez!!!

Yes, construction projects in Mexico go differently than in the U.S. so you just have to change your expectations and in the end...you will be perfectly happy.
We went on a little walkabout to Playa del Carmen and points beyond for our 30th Anniversary. It was nice!
We tried not to get our expectations up too much about the work on the house but we had been gone since last Thursday...we expected to look up and see some results. Well, we did look up and see some results. Just not what we expected.  When we left the house Herberto was busy working and all was clipping along. We came back home yesterday morning early. When we arrived at the house there was somebody working on the roof but not Herberto. We really aren't sure what all may have happened when we were gone, but we know a couple of things for sure. Beto had replaced Herberto and Beto wasn't continuing the job Herberto started...Beto was tearing away the work that had been done. There were balaustradas erected across the front of the house, but some were missing and you could see where the chiseling and chipping to remove them had taken place. When Beto saw us in front of the house looking up he immediately kept repeating "Otro vez! Otro vez!" We knew that meant another time, but we didn't immediately make the connection. Then it dawned on us...he was working to put the balaustradas in place another time. We really didn't ask any questions and it really doesn't matter, but obviously the balaustradas didn't meet Paulino's standards and somebody else is now working on the job. Beto has tools. He has a saw and yesterday I saw him using a tape measurer and making his pencil marks where he can evenly space out the balaustradas and make them look right. He did explain they had originally been placed too close together. Eventually it will all get done...and we know that.
By the end of the day he had chiseled out all the balaustradas along with the center cement pillar, made his new forms and poured concreto. Perhaps mañana we will have the permanent balaustradas in place, but we have no expectations.


So today, we are deciding where and when we will go for our next adventure. We are thinking down to Belize to re-visit a few places and scope out some new haunts.

If you read the previous post you know about the electricity outage. We found out later it covered parts of the whole Yucatan Peninsula - parts of Campeche state, Yucatan state and Quintana Roo and was a rolling blackout due to the extreme heat. All is good now!  https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/mega-power-blackout-for-entire-yucatan-peninsula/2017.html