Getting There

It doesn,t feel like we have been up to much over the last couple of days, but upon reflection I suppose we have really. We spent the whole of yesterday looking for materials to build a small soundproofed room in the community centre in Juan Pablo II. Eventually we managed to get enough to make a start and today we started building it. Now it feels like we have truly made a start on the project.
We left the centre as dusk was falling and we really saw the barrio in a different light (no pun intended). Before when we had visited it was generally during the day and with at least one other Colombian with us. This evening we were alone with a load of hired tools and the place was really buzzing with people. The atmosphere was fairly electric and we had one or two knowing looks thrown our way. Despite what most people say about places like this we have never felt threatened; everyone is so friendly here and easy to get along with. Having said that we have been down a couple of streets at night which we then took taxis out of.
Anyway, the long and the short of it is that we have started building and Nick has finished teaching people to use the studio and we are well on our way.