{"id":698,"date":"2010-08-30T13:24:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T13:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thirdlifeindulan.com\/blog1\/?p=698"},"modified":"2011-12-18T16:18:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T08:18:06","slug":"water-water-precious-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"Water, water, precious water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Water is scarce in this area. We are lucky that our land comes with an entitlement for water, which comes from the mountain behind us. However, finding our water has not been easy. Fortunately, after 8 months of saga (connecting to the wrong source, water got diverted erroneously by our neighbour, deliberate sabotage, pipe trempled by cows, diminished volume etc), we got it all settled, just before we started building the cabin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7135.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-699 \" title=\"IMG_7135\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7135.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Following the pipe to trace the source of water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-710\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7629.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-710 \" title=\"IMG_7629\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7629.jpg?resize=375%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best to have a long knife or stick, to scare away the snakes <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-711\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7630.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-711 \" title=\"IMG_7630\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7630.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marking our pipe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-712\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7634.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-712 \" title=\"IMG_7634\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7634.jpg?resize=375%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The trail goes through some beautiful spots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-715\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7257.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-715 \" title=\"IMG_7257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7257.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main pipe from the mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-713\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7640.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-713 \" title=\"IMG_7640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7640.jpg?resize=375%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clearing debris from our &quot;hole&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-706\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_71411.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-706 \" title=\"IMG_7141\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_71411.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of these &quot;holes&quot; is our water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-701\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7139.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-701 \" title=\"IMG_7139\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_7139.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ingenius way of sharing water. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-704\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8652.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-704 \" title=\"IMG_8652\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8652.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finally connecting to our storage tank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-705\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0963.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-705 \" title=\"IMG_0963\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0963.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweet sweet water, finally!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water is scarce in this area. 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