ABOUT SKY HACIENDA

June Donaldson and Edward Garry live at an altitude of 2,600 metres in Mosoj Llajta, Yotala, 20 minutes from the colonial city of Sucre in Bolivia, South America. Using earth and stones from the land, we have sculpted beautiful buildings which compliment the high desert landscape and incorporate creative and innovative elements of design.

We have designed a high quality hotel in Sucre for guests who want to get off the treadmill of travelling from city to city in South America. At Sky Hacienda you can dictate your own timing and choose how to enjoy your stay, whether it is doing very little or exploring the best that the Andes in Bolivia has to offer.

16 October 2009

BUILDING OUR FIRST CISTERN

Before building the well, it was important to have a cistern near our house to store water from the well and from harvested rainwater. The cistern was dug by hand, and then reinforcing steel wired together to form a cage for the concrete walls.

A wooden form was then inserted to support the poured concrete whilst it dried.

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