As for clearing out the bamboo nodes, it was easier just to grab a rock and knock them out.
The sky gradually grew dark, the setting sun sinking bit by bit into the sea.
Lin Chen laid the last bamboo slat diagonally on the roof. He glanced at the sun, now just a sliver on the horizon, then looked down at the pile of banana leaves inside his shelter.
'Whatever, I might as well finish it all in one go.'
His original plan was to cover the roof with banana leaves and branches. But after laying out the drainage channels for the roof, he suddenly realized the structure worked on the same principle as the tiled roofs you see in the countryside.
He laid the semi-cylindrical bamboo halves side by side. In cross-section, they formed a series of channels that could ward off most of the rain, but the gaps between the halves would likely leak.
