Around here, apartments are typically called flats. Looking straight ahead from our balcony, we get to see our neighboring flats:
Not too exciting. But, if you look a little to the left and right, you get two contrasting views of the city:
City view from balcony
The view on the top is the more common view in Bangalore. We got lucky that the other side of our apartment faces a (rare) area that hasn’t been developed.
Our washing machine has a built-in “dryer” that takes about two hours to dry a small load of clothes, so we usually dry clothes outside instead. Like many in our complex, we have an overhead rack for drying clothes on the balcony.
Overhead drying rack.
For cooking, we use a gas range that’s connected to a cylinder. I use the red and metal clicker-thingy, shown next to the range, to ignite the flame. Not to brag, but I think I’m rather skilled at using the clicker. (It took me several clicks to get to my current level, so I’m proud of that achievement.)
Clean water is a major issue here. Many folks have some type of filteration system, even those who have lived here for years. Here’s our water filteration system, which uses UV and RO:
In each bedroom, we have a wall-mounted A/C unit (connected to a voltage stabilizer). Central A/C is rare in India. Most homes install unit(s) where needed. Quite efficient.
October 22, 2009 at 4:43 am |
Hmm RO is reverse Osmosis, just throwing it out there for the uninformed because now you talk like a well adjusted American in India. Yes we learnt english from the british.. you know the people who invented the language and they call Apartments flats, so we are not alone. The clicker thingy is called a lighter, I have always wondered if it would light up farts, if you dont know what I am talking about.. youtube fart lighting videos
Man you have A/Cs in each room.. you are rich!