Saturday, 23 August 2008

Bricks and sand. Lots of them!




We've just been up for a quick look at the progress at Habibi and at the entrance to the site we were greeted by two huge towers of bricks, a sure sign that work is continuing.
The 24 rooms now all have wooden door and window frames and inside all have plastic tubing ready for the electric cables to go in. Inside the bathrooms the baths are in! Not looking particularly pretty at this stage because the internal plastering hasn't happened yet. There will be showers over the baths as well.
Behind the rooms the water pipes have been extended and are ready to be joined together to the main pipe, which will be buried alongside the site wall.
The major development to note was the large trucks of sand being brought in to level the area between the hotel and the beach. Two arrived and emptied their loads while we were there. This is particularly exciting for Oceansource as once the ground has been levelled, work will begin on building the centre. The levelling work is due to be complete by the end of August and so we are expecting to see some progress on the centre itself in September. The plan is to have the Oceansource centre set in a luxurious tropical garden of palm trees with the beach bar and pool within easy access. The latest date we have for completion of the whole site is Jan 1st 2009 - but we could easily have the centre up and running a bit before then...
Fingers crossed everyone and I’ll keep you posted!
Helen.

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