Water needs to be purified before you can drink it and it's a tedious process. Here you see Juliana mixing the flok out of the water.
When washing dishes there is no hot water. You wash in the tap water and then always rinse in a bowl of bleach water.
When brushing your teeth, you need to use bottled water not tap water.
The shower has only a limited amount of hot water, because of lack of power, so the showers need to be quick.
You are constantly thinking in your mind when the power was last on and when to run the generator to keep the refrigerator cold and yet not run it too much.
When the power comes on, be ready to throw in a load of laundry and then it might go out in the middle or before you can dry. Then you can't hang the clothes outside because of mango worms so you hang them all over the house.
Because of the weak power there are no microwaves, toasters, hair dryers, etc...
Food is very expensive and limited as to what you can buy. You do without the extras like good candy, snacks, peanut butter, brownie mixes, etc.. Everything is made from scratch.
Everything needs to be stored in big tupperware closed tubs because of the rats.
The internet is slow and not always available.
If the power is out, you don't have fans, so you deal with the heat. Windows are open and neighbors are close so you hear everything.
The wall around your house has a gate that is locked and so needs to be opened every time you go in or out.
Women need to wear long skirts outside the house so as not to offend the muslims.
***Lets not take for granted our way of life!!!!
