Life in the... slow lane :)

"Stuck" in the village, 2 weeks without internet, at least 2 of those days without phone, so totally shut off from the outside world in a sense... and yet it isn't the end of the world.  Life goes on, we have food to eat, the weather is very rainy but otherwise warm (not hot), people are friendly, and we are (slowly) readjusting.  Here are some of the "realities" of living here right now....




No clothes dryer; instead, a clothesline in the fresh outside air.  But because of all the rain, it makes much more sense to use a drying rack that can be moved onto the porch when you hear the rain sweeping nearer.







Things that break down, or just simply break over time, even sitting in a box for 5 years (yup, that is/was Corel).

Different items as part of our kitchen, including a meat grinder.  Cows are brought to the market town 3km away, and sold by the chunk. 


The stove is not electric, but rather runs off bottled gaz.  With the roads virtually impassable, we hope the gaz bottles last until the roads get better!  This stove is the same one we brought over in a container many years ago (we will probably purchase our next one here, though the ones here tend to be much smaller and only one small cookie sheet would fit in the oven).  We have ordered a new stove top, as this one is almost rusted through.











 When it is cloudy so much (rainy season), sometimes the solar panels can't keep up with our power usage (computers and washing machine), so this handy little generator keeps us going.  There are many gadgets associated with the solar system; I know only enough to turn on what I need to keep the household running :).