Boa noite todo,
So here we are in Rio de Janeiro the marvelous city and we are building a bicycle of a beautiful, sustainable material called BAMBU (that is how they spell it here in Brasil). The bicycle is only in its very early stages but by next Monday we plan to have most of the frame at least bolted together. The bicycle itself will still have many steel pieces but the main frame is made from bamboo. I am expecting a lot of differences from our original design but we will have to work our way around it. Oh, the beauty of engineering.
I have noticed some tension rising within the group due to different agreements on how to approach various problems we encounter. We all come back to the hotel so tired from arguing and building and I feel especially tired because I have to use my Portuguese to help everyone out in lab since they have no previous study of the language. I am so wiped. By the end of this trip I know I will have learned a lot of teamwork values as well the importance of always practicing my patience.
More of the bicicleta de bambu will be coming soon.
Ate'~~
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