Doing laundry

Since we don't have a washer or dryer in the apartment, we have two ways to wash clothes. On Saturday morning I gather up my sheets and towels, and any other items that are too bulky to wash by hand and head down stairs to the local laundromat. For seven dollars they will wash, dry and fold two loads in just a few hours, unless the electricity is off... The rest of my clothes I take to what is called the washing rock. Next to the kitchen there is usually a a deep sink and a waist high cement wash board. It is slanted and has ridges to scrub against. The water can be turned on at the top to rinse the liquid soap the locals call Wu lee tei (Woolite) out of the clothes you have been soaking. The local stores carry several kinds of bar soap that will get almost any kind of stain out. There is something therapeutic about scrubbing, squeezing and slapping dirty clothes about. Now if it rains for days and nothing gets dry, your clothes can smell a little sour...That's when you take a third load to the laundromat. I'm still debating if I want to give up all this good therapy and break down and buy a washer and dryer.