Arc Eye Welders

Well we're knackered but things are moving along nicely now. In fact we are getting to a point where the studio is not far off being installed with equipment. A good job too seeing that it has to be ready by Monday morning. We are working long hours without much respite but, thanks to Tim and Diego, the relentless work is starting to see good results. Due to the fact that we are inside building day in day out, at time it seems like we could be anywhere. However, as soon as I lift the shutter to the building and poke my head out and look left up the street, the magnificence of the Andean peaks that loom over the city remind you exactly where you are.
Bogota's weather is strangely reminiscent of home, albeit on an extreme level. The mornings generally seem to start off with beautiful sunshine but, by midday, we are usually entertained with the thunderous sound of torrential rain slamming into the corrugated roof above our heads. The smog doesn't help either; locked into the city streets by the ever-present mountains to the east.
We are getting there though and today the main building should be finished and we will be on to the soft furnishing stage. Yesterday our day was interrupted by a pair of welders who were in the building installing some steelwork. To say that their methods are a little different to what we are used to to would be an understatement. They came in , hooked a couple of cables, literally, into the mains and began welding staring straight into the arc of the of the weld without goggles. Its quite difficult to fathom the conditions some people are willing to work in, but then, health and safety are hardly top priorities over here.
Nick arrived a couple of days ago and he already started to get hold of equipment and install programs onto the computer. Today we have to speak at a conference for Hip Hop al Parque introducing FairTunes to 150 kids from the barrio's as well as officials from the city and festival leaders. Neither of us are really known for our public speaking so I'm looking forward to it being over really. Then we can get back to setting up the studio.