back to another video I thought this

week we would try something a little bit

different and since we've only been in

Argentina for a few weeks I thought it

would be fun to sit down and talk about

some differences I have noticed between

life and Canada Life in the city in

Canada and life in a rural Village in

the mountains of Argentina so for those

of you who are new around here my

husband Sam and I recently moved down to

Argentina because we're renovating a

property that has a few different houses

and a hotel so we're going to be working

on that for a while and it's been an

adjustment because I would say for most

of our adult lives Sam and I have either

been traveling in big cities or living

in Fairly big cities and this is

probably the smallest place we have ever

lived it's beautiful it's isolated

you're just surrounded by nature but I

have noticed a few idiosyncrasies a few

major differences so I've actually even

keeping a little list of things that I

find just different or strange or funny

so that's what today's video is gonna be

all about okay so first major difference

is in relation to water and the fact

that over here we need to pump water if

we want to have water in our house so

where we lived in the city you know you

just open your Taps without thinking

about it water flows out no big deal

here in this rural village where we're

currently located everybody's house is

on a well system so you buy your plot of

land you build your house and you've got

to dig yourself a well if you want to

have water in your home running water in

your home that means that a few times a

week we actually need to pump water into

a tank that sits on the roof of the

house and that's how we get the water we

need for our everyday needs for drinking

for cooking for toilets that sort of

thing okay so Sam's about to do some

dishes for us but we need to fill the

water tank how does it work we activate

the well we activated the pump

there you go and it's literally just a

light switch that's it and we wait but

the thing is if you keep it on too long

it will overflow yeah you have to manage

it properly yeah that's the key Point

yeah I'll show you when that happens

that's how we know it's full the tank is

full now the thing is it's very easy to

forget to pump water and sometimes I'll

actually find myself in the shower and

all of a sudden I start losing water

pressure and it starts to turn into a

trickle and you're like oh no I forgot

to pump water I haven't done that in a

few days so that sort of thing happens

another thing here is that we're in a

very dry arid area and there can be

water shortages so we have to be very

mindful of how we use our water you're

just far more aware of your consumption

which is actually a good thing because I

find in the city it's very easy to just

not think about how long you've been in

the shower or how many liters of water

you've consumed and that sort of thing

so even though it's been a change it's

been an adjustment it's also a positive

one because it has made us more

conscious about our water consumption

which I think is really cool okay so

Point number two I wasn't planning to

talk about water so much

the storm is coming the storm is coming

I've been waiting to film this video

this is my second time filming the video

by the way because last time I didn't

plug in the mic properly and then the

storm begins during my second attempt

but let's roll with this so Point number

two related to water again is that water

just doesn't come out hot out of the

Taps you don't just turn turn the tap

for hot water and lo and behold it flows

no in this house that we're currently

renting and honestly most places in the

area

you have a water heater that runs on gas

that you've gotta turn on manually I'm

going to show you how the heater for the

Water Works the famous californ here we

go this took me took me lots of practice

to be able to turn it on with ease but

basically we're gonna turn this knob to

the spark point and and then we're gonna

push in

and we pop this button

until the blue flame lights up

in there you see it and then

gotta hold it in this spot for 30

seconds you can maybe get away with 20

seconds but if you let go any sooner

it'll turn off and you have to do the

whole thing again and it used to drive

me nuts when we first moved into the

house because I couldn't figure it out

why does the flame keep going out we've

had our share of difficulties with this

thing yeah it's probably been about 30

seconds you let go and then you turn it

to how hot you want it this is minimum

yeah this is high

and there's that flame that is how we

get hot water in the house

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so I turn it on in the morning and then

I turn it off at night and you do get

instant hot water it's not like I have

to wait 30 minutes for the whole time to

heat up like it Heats it in the moment

but it can happen that I'll be like

washing dishes or I'll be you know like

trying to wash my face in the bathroom

sink and it's like why is there no hot

water flowing out of here what's going

on it's like oh yeah I haven't turned on

the California so that's been another

difference if you want hot water you've

got to make sure you turn on the heater

there you go

foreign

number three is that around these parts

you have got to deal with your own

garbage there is no garbage or recycling

truck that's going to show up at your

house once a week take your garbage and

you're recycling away and poof it is

magically gone you didn't have to deal

with it so over here there is no garbage

collection system

so

it's a lot more work dealing with your

trash basically we try to generate as

little Trash as possible because it's a

bit of a headache to get rid of it

anything that I can use to make a fire

cardboard like toilet paper rolls

newsprint like cereal boxes anything

like that I keep in a little basket next

to the the wood burning stove and

whenever I need to start a fire like

that's what I'll use and then for the

garbage

we have to drive it to a neighboring

town that has a dump it's about 10 or 15

minutes away by car but we don't have a

car yeah the key is basically produce as

little garbage as possible so that you

have less to deal with what about

plastic bottles and glass bottles you

ask well for that there actually is a

recycling center next to the bus

terminal in another town that takes us

about 40 minutes to get to by bus so I

only recently learned about that place

but that's where you can get rid of that

sort of stuff and if not plastic bottles

like people use them a lot to like plant

new trees like little saplings I guess

saplings or seedlings I forget what you

call them basically you would cut the

the plastic bottles in half and you

would plant uh whatever it is you're

trying to grow because as you can see

this is a very green Place lots of

vegetation lots of plants and flowers

and trees yeah a lot of people in the

area enjoy gardening and that's one use

that you can find for your plastic

bottles okay so next big difference is

in regards to public transportation and

well it's not very frequent it is

existent we do have a bus but it is not

very frequent so basically anytime that

Sam and I want to run an errand in town

we need to catch a bus and we have to

make sure that we arrive at the bus stop

with plenty of time to spare because we

do not want to miss that one morning bus

basically there's one bus in the

mornings and if you miss that one there

isn't another one for four hours so that

kind of throws off your whole day if

you're coming from the city you're

probably used to buses passing by every

five minutes every 10 minutes there's

just greater frequency but around here

well we do have a bus it just doesn't

come by that that often good morning

we're currently on our way to catch the

bus sure are how out of breath are you

actually not so bad not so bad it's just

me well I'm slowly getting used to the I

mean every time we come here we have to

get used to being in the mountains the

high altitude and it is definitely an

adjustment yes but

I don't know I'm working out for a

couple of years my lungs are feeling

pretty good

yeah I would say it's about a 20 minute

walk you think it's less no 15 to 20

minutes it really depends on your pace I

mean we're hightailing it we don't want

to miss the bus yes it'll be the worst

thing ever because it comes like what

every few hours so four hours in the

morning we miss this bus and we end up

just going back to the to the cabin oh

man trying to get in tomorrow that would

be depressing yes and the thing about

the bus here is that it comes at very

specific times not all that frequently

so the name of the game is to get here

on time and make sure you catch your bus

otherwise you might have to do whatever

it is that you have planned another day

or hitchhike that is true we we actually

have enough friends in town that we've

had it there's been a couple times we've

been waiting here and we've gotten a

ride into town by uh by a local friend

anyways but yeah you could probably

hitchhike too that would be uh the

alternative option so Alternatives you

can hitchhike hitchhiking is actually

really common here and people will just

pick you up if they see you standing at

the bus stop they'll be like hey where

are you going do you need a ride and you

just get in and sometimes it'll be

neighbors it'll be people you actually