One of my favorite things to do here is get my water. We can't drink it out of the tap, so most people buy it. From the start, I wasn't willing to buy all the water I would drink for a year -- not so much for the money, but think of all those bottles! I knew there had to be a way around it: surely everybody doesn't buy their water here. I had noticed people bringing little carts of water bottles to this fountain in a park near my apartment and since they were mostly older people, I knew they had to know something I didn't. (Actually, most people around here know a lot of things that I don't.)
Anyway, it turns out the water in these fountains is spring water -- safe to drink. The six bottles I had accumulated fit perfectly into my nifty New Seasons bag, so I just tote them to and from the fountain when I run out. I usually go at night when I get home from work; I see lots of kids running around, playing badminton, families, people generally. It's become warm out, so the walk to the park is nice. But I think the main reason I like it is because it makes me feel a little less foreign, somehow makes up for my limited vocabulary and inability to talk to anyone here.
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