Well, rainy season it is! The last week and a half we had A LOT of rain. When we came back from Chiriquí we found the restaurant flooded. After driving most of the day, we spent the evening cleaning out the flood.
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| the soil in the dining terrace floor already told the story |
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| the space with the bar is the lowes part of the house - today a pool, a muddy one |
The same night, it flooded again!
And finally, on Saturday, it came down in buckets again - this time in the evening while we were there, so I could see where and how the water got into the restaurant. We worked all evening: Iris made 14 pizzas, thankfully all but 2 were to-go orders. My trusted worker Wilvert and me tried to broom out and scoop up the water as it came inside.
On Monday, we increased the height of the separating wall all around, and dug little trenches to entice the water to take other routes than to flood the restaurant.
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| Wilvert, next to our piece of ingenuity… 🤪 |
Well, today, it’s coming down again in buckets!
The view from the front terrace at the hostal
So glad we have worked on the restaurant already! It would definitely be flooded again with all that rain!
The little riverbed we cut into the terrace floor here at the hostal works, too. Through it, the water that comes down the hill in the back of the house is leaving without causing damage.
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| Rain runoff from hill no longer floods the house |
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| River bed crossing the terrace |
On the other side of the property, another river develops from the runoff of the other hill. Also running down in an orderly fashion. Yeay! Just on the bottom of the property we might need to provide more guidance, I guess…
When you don’t have to worry about flooding, it is actually a very beautiful thing! Soothing sounds, feeling of being protected and safe - I could watch and listen to the rain for hours! Yet, it rains like this only for 1/2 hour, then quiets down for a few hours, before the next downpour…
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