Karibuni Kenya

Recently the boiler in my house at york broke, leaving me and my two housemates without heating or hot water for showers.  At first I tried just ‘manning up’ and having a cold shower, but the water was so cold that it started to sort of burn my skin, so I needed to find an alternate option.

Although given the offer of using friends showers in nearby houses, I thought it would be nicer to go back to my African ways, so I boiled up a kettle, mixed in some cold water and had a bucket shower.  It actually felt quite good to do and did bring back some memories of my trip.  It also reminded me how much I enjoyed a real shower once I’d been having bucket showers for a week or two!  

I definitely wouldn’t want bucket showers everyday if I could avoid them, and was glad that there was no great drama and our boiler was fixed the next day, but it’s always good to be reminded occasionally of these sorts of things and just take a moment out of life to stop and think.