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Re: Your fellow tourists ... (Reply to this comment)
by JAMES23
"...any latrine I don't have to dig myself is okay"...
So true Ada.
James
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Apr 23 '02
2:46 pm PDT
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Your fellow tourists ... (Reply to this comment)
by AdaDavis
should definitely stay out of Korea. I've been in some upscale/fancyschmancy latrines in Korea: inlaid ceramic tiles and brass fittings, around the hole in the floor. Some of the holes flush, strangely enough.
As for me, any latrine I don't have to dig myself is okay, mostly (with some exceptions that were too vile to enter.)
Some people should really just stay home and watch it on video. There's too much "reality" in the real thing.
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Apr 22 '02
6:35 am PDT
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Re: I am anxious for the next installment (Reply to this comment)
by JAMES23
French no less Virginia complete with bidets.
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Apr 18 '02
5:45 pm PDT
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I am anxious for the next installment (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
I hope that your future stops provided adequate plumbing wherever they work - and that your personal plumbing worked as well. Another great review - and funny.
Virginia
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Apr 17 '02
9:59 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Re: he, he (Reply to this comment)
by JAMES23
Nah it just stands for Government Reject Unfit For Normal Training or Government Reject Unbelievable Nasty Temper.
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Apr 17 '02
2:47 pm PDT
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Re: Re: he, he (Reply to this comment)
by 4-1-1
Thanks for the clarification (about using one's right hand). That's what I thought. The term grunt for an infantry soldier... now that's something to ponder as well.
Cheers,
Tom / 4-1-1
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Apr 17 '02
1:47 pm PDT
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Re: he, he (Reply to this comment)
by JAMES23
Tom, only the right hand is used for eating and pleasantries in Arab culture. The left being reserved for er more mundane tasks. I never did notice any TP, mind I didn't too much time there.
I always believed it had something to do with mind over matter as to why us poor grunts could hold it so long. That and the binding agents in the rations.
Luckily I didn't have to practice this theory for long. The hotel in Fez and those in the other cities i stayed in were all in the European sections and contained all the requisite modern conveniences.
James
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Apr 17 '02
6:38 am PDT
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Re: agreed (Reply to this comment)
by JAMES23
I've read it. BTW this place was luxurious compared to the hovel er excuse me hotel room I rented in El Salvador. Theoretically you could sit, but you wouldn't want to.
You ever notice that they never show the "bathrooms" for the tribes on Survivor. I wonder why.
James
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Apr 17 '02
6:30 am PDT
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agreed (Reply to this comment)
by lyagushka
Some people just should not be allowed to leave Podunk, AK. (No offense to Arkansas!) It never fails to inspire my disgust when I hear about westerners who freak out when confronted with the 'sanitary arrangements' that 75% of their fellow human beings live with for their entire lives. Travel in the Caucasus taught me to be prepared for damn near anything -often worse than nothing at all- in the way of facilities.
For the all-time, take-the-cake plumbing horror story, I refer you to this archived copy of the Lonely Planet 'Comet' newsletter. The story is entitled "Making a Pig's Breakfast of a Sordid Squat." It's not for the faint-hearted:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/cgi-bin/newsletters/comet-archive.pl
Thanks for another great review.
Kate
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Apr 17 '02
2:39 am PDT
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he, he (Reply to this comment)
by 4-1-1
I hear stories like this all the time from my sister, who travels very frequently.
My brother... being in the military... I think he can hold a türd for a week. Says he does this routinely when he's in the field. Body chemistry or rhythm must change or something. I don't know. Maybe it's something in the food that they feed the troops.
Errr... There was toilet paper, wasn't there? I understand that in some parts it's "impolite" to shake hands or touch (I forget with "which" hand) because of, ummm, sanitary considerations.
Buses without toilets... now that sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Cheers,
Tom / 4-1-1
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Apr 16 '02
11:01 pm PDT
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