Security and Water Part II

You need a key for everything here.

The front gate to our compound is locked.  A guard dog and a security guard that monitors the gate.

When you pull your car up to the gate you honk your horn and the security guard (if he’s around) opens the gate for you to drive in.  Our car is locked and has a security system besides. The security measures for our house… there are no fewer than six security measures for our house.

We have an red iron gate that covers our porch. 

Behind the red metal square there is a padlock on the inside.

In addition to some maneuvering you need to do to unlock the padlock, you also have to pull the gate forward while sliding the deadbolt in order for it to open.

We have a key lock on the front door.

Once you are inside the house there are deadbolts at the top of the front door.

The back door is covered with an iron gate. 

There is also a deadbolt for this door.

On the gate there is an upper padlock.

And a lower padlock.

Not to mention the bars on all the windows. Or almost all the windows. Definitely all of the downstairs windows.

Maybe when we get back home I will post a video to Facebook regarding the locking/unlocking procedure.

p.s. In a previous post I mentioned I didn’t mind not having hot water when taking shower. But I must tell you now that I lost any and all appreciation for the quaintness of bathing here after we got into our place, got our water tanks all filled up and found that our tap water is filthy. I mean it comes out of the tap a pale brown and the more you pour into your containing vessel the darker it gets. If you let the water set for an hour or two the dirt all settles at the bottom. Nice. Not to mention there is no shower here. Okay. There. I’ve cleared the air on that one!

I’d like to refer you to one of Stephanie’s recent blog postings for many more details on the water situation here (see the link below). She has also had more patience than I have in uploading pictures so her page is simply loaded with photos. She was kind enough to organize this post for me here as well (hence the large number of photos).

http://journeysfarfromhome.blogspot.com