Living room
Kitchen area. It came with the stove top but we bought the toaster oven ourselves. We can't drink the tap water but we can buy the 5 gallon water jugs for around $2 US each from the lobby downstairs.
Jonas' side of the room
Liam's side of the room
The bathroom. I am so happy to have a flushing toilet. Nate has told me what they can be like sometimes. That blue bucket in the shower area is for bucket showers. There is a smaller cup and you just dump the water on yourself. I haven't tried one yet but Nate has (and did his whole mission). There is a heated shower though. That little unit hanging next to the shower head heats the water as it comes through. The only problem is that the water pressure is horrible. Think of the worst pressure you've ever had in the US and cut it in half and that is what it is like. Basically just falling out of the shower head. The only time it really matters is when I am washing my hair. As soon as I find a good place I am chopping it off!
Jonas taking a bucket bath
Lego station. Love these things. Liam and Jonas will sit there for hours building things.
One of many tiki. The come out in the evenings and run around the walls looking for bugs to eat. They freak me out because they are so fast and their skin is sort of see through but Nate says they wont hurt you.
View from our bedroom window.
View from our kitchen window.It has been comfortable so far. Each of the rooms has an AC unit in it (which we run all night) and there is an oscillating fan mounted on the wall in the living/dining room. The kitchen is cramped, but it works. We only have a few dishes so washing up after meals has been mostly easy. We do have to dip the dishes in a bleach/water solution after the regular wash, which gets annoying.
The apartment building is used for visiting scholars, researchers, professors and foreign grad students and it set up almost like a hotel. So one day we got home from doing some grocery shopping and a maid had come by and cleaned the place. I am not sure if it is their job to really clean the whole place or if they are just here to gather the dirty sheets and towels and replace them. She had definitely done more than just the towels and sheets. The boys had left toys all over the place and there were a few dirty dishes in the sink she had cleaned. I am a little uncomfortable with it all but I guess its something I have to get used to. It makes me want to clean everything up every time we leave the house though. I feel bad about someone doing our dishes and picking up the boy's toys.
The grounds of the apartment are so pretty. It is so green everywhere! I will have to take pictures of the outside later. There is also a guard in the lobby downstairs around the clock which is really nice.
We have 56 stairs to walk up. Liam and Jonas run up them easily but it hasn't been so easy for me, especially when my hands are full of groceries. I am hoping by the end of the 4 months I will have super tough legs. :)
4 comments:
So cool! Thanks for sharing, I love reading your updates on the moves!
I read a book a while back about a man who moved to India and had a similar thing happen with having a maid, and also every time he took a shower someone had to make multiple trips hauling gallons and gallons and gallons of water up to a bin above his room- he wasn't quite comfortable with it, but then the locals explained to him that it was the way of life there. If he'd stopped taking a shower,the water hauling man would have not have had a job. Likewise, The maid is thrilled to have the job and because she/he has the job it fuels the economy. So you might not exactly be comfortable with it, but look at is as a small way to help the economy and the local people!
Oh, fun to have pictures so I can picture where you are! I love Jonas's face in the Living Room picture. And I love that the boys are asleep in their beds for their room's picture. The apartment really doesn't look too bad as you said.
The little lizard guy is kinda cute, but that's weird he's a little see-thru, and even if he's kinda cute, I'm not sure I'd like having him in my apartment either.
67 stairs is a lot girl! You will be tough. ;) It seems like the boys may be enjoying themselve though, huh? That's really good! Oh what adventures you'll have there!!
Me = Jealousy
Oh wow! built in work out! that's kind of nice about the maid. I don't think you need to feel bad about her doing a little tidying.
You're having quite the adventure! The kitchen view is nice. :)
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