Our toilet is an interesting friend. At home, you flush a toilet and a minute later, it's ready to flush again. Not so in downtown Lagos, Nigeria. First, you have to master the "flush". This requires that you hold the handle down for the count of one thousand one, one thousand two, up to one thousand and ten. You bring the handle up with your hand and make sure it is in the "full up" position so it can fill. Now the fun part. Toilets fill in a minute or so, right? Not here. Minimum tank fill time is 12-15 minutes! Our neighbors' toilet, upstairs, takes all night to fill.
What are the cute pink buckets for, you ask? Makes perfect sense to me, if the tank isn't full and you need to flush, you use the bucket. The other purpose of the buckets is on the "no water" days. The tank isn't going to fill no matter how long you wait. So, you use one or both of your buckets and go out to the above ground storage tanks and fill them back up. They also provide your water for a "bucket bath" on the "no water" days. I scoop up a pan of water from one of the buckets, boil it, and shave in the pot on those same "no water" days. It's a real trip learning how to camp in Nigeria.
Linda wants everyone to notice that the throw rug coordinates with the buckets. We're still keeping some style here in Lagos.
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