On Sunday afternoon we went to a river in another town to wash laundry. If I lived there, I would totally wash clothes in the river. It's amazing! The water was cool and there was plenty of it. It was a little less than knee-deep in the middle, but it was water! Here are a few pictures from our adventure at the river.
*Want the longer water story? Read on:
When we moved in, it was a matter of setting up the system. Because our house is on the second floor, water pressure wouldn't be sufficient to bring water into the house. So a lower cistern was built to collect water from the local pipes, a pump installed, and an upper cistern placed on the roof to collect water pumped from the lower cistern. This then would gravity feed into the pipes in our house.
Well that never happened. First, we didn't have an upper cistern. Then the lower cistern leaked. We used rain water during the rainy season, but eventually that ran out.
We had to buy water. Then the guy who normally delivers water got sick and went to another island for treatment.
The landlord has been in town for almost 2 months now, and we were gone for one month. When we returned it took multiple days of wandering around town to find water for our house.
Oh, and bringing local water in through the downstairs tap? Well, the downstairs has not had running water since we moved in.
Bottom line: we're moving.
