Building!

I haven't seen construction like this since we visited Shanghai at a time when they were using more cranes than the rest of the world combined...or something ridiculous like that.  Not many cranes here...eucalyptus logs instead.

This is the view from our balcony...across the street.  Those eucalyptus are used both to build scaffolding and to support the construction of the cement floor.

 This is the view one-quarter turn from the prior view.  This new building is about 3 feet from the edge of our balcony.  I can't even imagine how the construction workers will get in there to do the exterior finish.  Of course, they don't have quite the safety requirements that the US does...as you'll see a couple pictures down.

 This is the building of a new Addis Ababa Bible College facility. 

 You can see the eucalyptus log network that will support the construction.

And here you can see Peter blithely walking through the construction site.

And here, one of our number blithely photographing us...from the second story of the construction.  Can you believe...she didn't have to wear a hard hat!?

Apartments or condominiums under construction.

Large buildings....

In big complexes...all over town.

Yosef tells us that the government is undertaking a massive building project--with international institutional help.  They want to put up these condominiums and get rid of the shanties.  Apparently, they're going to help the folks living in the shanties muster the resources to move into the condominiums.  The building process is slow...a modest building, like the one across the street from our hotel, might take a couple or three years to build.