With Christmas, New Year and Carnival this has made for a busy couple of months at REGUA.   The summer is also a time when staff take a well-earned break, and have time for visiting family away from the Guapiaçu area.

However, during the “quieter” time of the year, when there are fewer visitors, the priority at REGUA is to ensure that any maintenance or building words required at the Lodge are carried out.

The main task during this Brazilian summer, was to block up the old entrance and bathroom doors from the lobby area into Room 5 and open up a new entrance off the veranda at the front of the lodge, and put a new door through to the bathroom.  This makes Rooms 4 & 5 truly ‘en-suite’ and more private with the lobby area becoming part of Room 4.

This noisy and dusty work had to be done in the closed season, and quickly, to ensure minimal disruption to our visitors.

With the work completed and painted, it is hard to believe that there has been any change at all.

Excellent work from the REGUA building team.

In addition, the whole lodge is getting a coat of paint, the humid atmosphere takes its toll on the paintwork, and it is vital to ensure that this is regularly done.

Some changes are also to be made to the pool area with some of the veranda columns being removed to open up the area.    Maintenance work to the swimming pool and its surrounding area is also undertaken to ensure it is ready for the busy year ahead.

The humid atmosphere and strong sunlight also badly affect our pool furniture with plastic made brittle and wood a target for both termites and mould, so sourcing replacement tables and chairs is a regular task.    Tom Locke, our Lodge Manager is tasked with finding suitable replacements.