Today we thought we would include a few more pictures. Construction, although not that wide spread, goes on throughout Puyo. It is how the construction is done that is mindboggling. The use of huge bamboo for forming cement and holding up entire floors of concrete is amazing. Above, you see this large bamboo pole being hoisted to a second floor construction site.
You can see the small pile of bamboo poles on the ground. All of these will eventually be lifted to the second floor by rope and manpower.
The above picture shows how the bamboo hold an entire floor of cement in place until it dries. I have read that bamboo can exced steel in tensile strength. Amazingly, they are able to get most second and third story floors fairly level using bamboo.
The last two pictures show some of the amazing natural sites around here. The above picture shows a fairly large tree with catus growing well above it. We estimate the catus to be beween 25 and 35 feet tall.
Finally, the above picture is my best one so far to show the tropical trees at camera level while in the far distance one can see snow capped mountains. Something like pouring hot chocolate over ice cream
2 comments:
Yes, it is a very different way of building.
Beautiful pictures of a lovely area. That bamboo must be amazing stuff. Is there a shortage of bamboo like there is a shortage of lumber? Isn't it amazing how humans are able to adapt to their environment where ever they are.
Don B
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