Winter has landed. We are living a house with no central heating. Our house, well all house here, are made of cinder blocks. There is literally no insulation. Our houses closely resemble stone ovens in the summer and coolers in the winter. We are cold! It is colder in our house than it is outside. And get this we only have luke-warm water in the bathtub. We do dishes in our cold water. Our hands are frozen. For heating we have Sawbas. They are similar to the old gas space heaters some houses have back in the States. These have wheels and a space to set a gas can on the back, so it is portable. So we thought it would be fun to tell you some of our quirks. These are best if you can picture our faces as we encounter such obstacles.
Dishes
In order to do dishes with semi hot water we have to take our big pot and set it in the tub and fill it up with hot water. This is quite difficult to lug a pot of hot water back and forth between the bathroom and the kitchen.
We also have poor water pressure in the sink. Things that are difficult to rinse like strainers and big pots that don’t fit in the sink we have to take to the shower to rinse off because the water pressure it better.
Showers
Remember I said we only had luke warm water. Imagine a freezing cold tile house and picture a shower that is pretty wide open and only luke-warm water. By the time the water gets to you it is cold. To solve this we push one of our Sawbas into our little bathroom and crank it up. This is the only way we can manage without getting pneumonia.
It could be worse. We are thankful for our house and all the great “character building” we are going through.
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