Pila

Just wanted to formally introduce you all to a Pila. A Pila is essentially a sink with three compartments: one for washing clothes, one to store water, and one to wash dishes. Just about every household in Guatemala has one and I´m looking forward to mine. They are made out of cement and plastic, but mostly everyone uses a cement one. My landlord is actually trying to buy me a plastic one, which I heard isn´t as functional, because he doesn´t want to carry a cement Pila. I told him I´d help and he looked at me like I was crazy. Look, if I´m going to live in Guatemala I want to live like everyone else, and if everyone else has a cement pila and says that the cement pila is better, well then that´s what I want.