"Water" we Drinking in Thailand?

A cultural note about Thailand: we don't drink the tap water. Actually, most of Asia doesn't drink the tap water, actually. In order to consume water from the faucet, the water must be boiled for at least for a minute. Interestingly, we wash dishes, fruit, and ourselves in the faucet water, but it's not drinkable.

Drinking water is available from the convenience and grocery stores in large 6-liter containers, but we also get water delivered to our house once a week



Our water delivery service uses glass bottles in a plastic crate (above). Every Wednesday, we put the empty bottles in the crate right inside our front gate with 50 baht (about $1.50).

 When we come home from school, the delivery company has brought us all refilled bottles of water! Even though we can't drink the water, this is really a neat system for delivering drinking water. 

Until next time,

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