Dia 12 Well, today’s been an interesting day.. I woke up to fireworks as usual today, but instead of firecrackers (los coetes), there was single large booms of bombas (bombs? I don’t know a better translation, but don’t worry, it was just for a Catholic holiday). To my dismay, the water in the entire zona 1 was completely out. No warning, no explanation, no expected time of restoration- jut gone. This presented several problems for me- not only could I not take shower, but using the toilet required me to lug a bucket of water upstairs for any time I wanted to flush. Wednesday and Thursday, my stomach wasn’t really feeling 100%... but I attributed it to my body adjusting to the radical change in my diet here. When I woke up this morning, I
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