Comments on: Do You Know What’s Crawling In Your Hostel Shower?

By: A.

A. — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:47:27 +0000

Reminds me of this horrid, horrid thing that happened to me once.

The WC, when flushed, released three frogs right into the pot, and they tried crawling back into the groove from where water pours into the WC. Yup, they were housing there all along.

*shudder, shudder*

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By: aop

aop — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:42:44 +0000

Slippers are a traveler’s *must* bring item.

Inch long bug, smoosh him

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By: Eva

Eva — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:43:08 +0000

Hmm… Tim I think you just managed to give me one good reason why all-girls res can be a good thing! My throwback college didn’t believe in co-ed and I was very bitter at the time.

Great post – I was in a bathroom at a truck stop in Turkey that pretty much made me want to burn my shoes afterwards… definitely an eye-opening travel experience.

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By: Tim Patterson

Tim Patterson — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:22:34 +0000

In college, I used to catch crawfish and put them in people’s showers.

Once a theater major from Long Island named Nicole ran out of the bathroom screaming about “scorpions coming out of the walls.”

I miss college.

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By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:49:02 +0000

An inch-long bug? Maybe it’s just my Australian upbringing, but that doesn’t sound too bad to me. You could make a bathroom absolutely spotless here, but still expect to find a bug appear at least once a week.

A great article, though. I’ve read about those in-shower electric hot-water heaters before, and the mind just boggles as to why someone would come up with such a silly idea. In such situations, it might be better to just to grin and bear it with a cold shower. Alternatively, it’s quite possible to clean oneself adequately with a bucket, if there’s one available – pour two inches of boiling water from a kettle in the bottom of the bucket, and then top it up with cold water. Did this for years at my parents’ holiday home, until they finally had it plumbed.

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By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:07:06 +0000

I’m sure it wasn’t funny at the time- but can’t help but chuckle reading this…..good post

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:51:56 +0000

Great post! There are some truly interesting shower arrangements out there. In lots of the places we were staying in India, the drain from the sink goes into a tube which just gets emptied onto the floor, I guess because it’s close to the drain for the shower, which is just a faucet sticking out of the wall. It was hard remembering to move your feet when brushing your teeth, or you’d get toothpaste spit all over your shoes…

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