We don’t really have “running water,” or “showers” in the traditional sense of the word (or in any sense for that matter). We receive water (sometimes) once or twice a week (I’ll be the first to admit that showers aren’t always a daily (or for some roommates, a weekly) requirement). What we do have is a pila (or as I like to think of it: a miniature, concrete, above-ground swimming pool). It get’s filled with water (on those occasions when the water doesn’t randomly not come for two-and-a-half weeks), and then we can disperse it throughout the house using age-old bucket technology. Being (somewhat) health conscious, we sometimes decide to clean our pila out (to remove the 
leaves/dirt that has blown in and kill any mosquito larvae which might have started to spawn in our water source (it usually doesn’t get that bad since we add mosquito-killing bags to our water every so often).
On one memorable Sunday morning, we converted our water reservoir into it’s true purpose: a miniature, concrete, above-ground swimming pool. The thing about Honduras is that it can get hot, and the thing about our house is that it has a metal roof… (I could draw you a diagram, but I think you get the picture). So basically, with the pila already needing a good washing, we decided to do what any creative and reasonable group of people would do: jump in (and we actually did jump… into about 2 feet of water). While I’ve sense made motions to perman
ently turn the pila into a picina, I’ve got voted down every time (something about needing water to bathe and clean dishes… rubbish).
On the subject of water, just thought I’d also put up a picture of our “shower.” Laugh all you want, but a trick-or-treating pumpkin head with holes poked in the bottom makes a great shower (water not included).
leaves/dirt that has blown in and kill any mosquito larvae which might have started to spawn in our water source (it usually doesn’t get that bad since we add mosquito-killing bags to our water every so often).On one memorable Sunday morning, we converted our water reservoir into it’s true purpose: a miniature, concrete, above-ground swimming pool. The thing about Honduras is that it can get hot, and the thing about our house is that it has a metal roof… (I could draw you a diagram, but I think you get the picture). So basically, with the pila already needing a good washing, we decided to do what any creative and reasonable group of people would do: jump in (and we actually did jump… into about 2 feet of water). While I’ve sense made motions to perman
ently turn the pila into a picina, I’ve got voted down every time (something about needing water to bathe and clean dishes… rubbish).On the subject of water, just thought I’d also put up a picture of our “shower.” Laugh all you want, but a trick-or-treating pumpkin head with holes poked in the bottom makes a great shower (water not included).
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