Monday, September 15, 2008

Getting Ready for the Hot Season

"African Air Conditioning"

We suspended some bamboo mats from our ceiling in our bedroom to trap the heat. We have already done a test with the digital thermometer my dad sent and it was 3 degrees cooler.

"African Refrigerator"

Once filled with water and insulated in a hole in the ground this will become our refrigerator. We'll probably actually just use the cooler water to dump on our heads. Last year when we arrived at our site at the end of the hot season we were taking about 5 bucket baths a day.
FYI, inside our house it has reached 95 degrees. We haven't tested the temperature in the sun yet.

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