Showers
Showers can be an issue while travelling.
I travelled for almost one year in Latin America and I experienced different kinds of showers :
Natural Shower (Huapo, Perù )
Many times in the village they cut the water in the evening, so all the villagers go to the waterfall to take a shower
Shower with Isula (Huapo, Perù)
Isula is a huge ant, its bite is very painful. In the house where I was living there was an outdoor shower, where these ants found the perfect place to build their house. Few water drops on their house were forcing them outside and forcing me to end up the shower in the shortest time possible
Hot spring bath (Huayhuash circuit)
Hot springs can be found in every country I visited in South America. It's very pleasant and relaxing to enter into the hot water. But hot springs can't be considered as a bath and you should take a shower before entering. This is always true besides the hot spring we found at the Huayhuash circuit. After 4 days hiking without taking any showers, the hot spring really saved us all.
Electric Shower. (almost every country I visited)
Electicity is used to warm water (although not very successfully), but how can you possibly associated electricity and water in the same system? You can clearly see electric cables on top of your head!
Salty Shower (Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador)
In this island there is no fresh water, so taking a shower and entering into the sea is kind of the same thing. You even brush your teeth with salty water: disgusting! For laundry is the same!
Shower without tap (Copacabana, Bolivia)
I rented a private room with shared bathroom. I went to take a shower, I took off all my clothes and I tried to turn on the water... but I couldn't find the tap. I couldn't be so stupid, so I remained naked into the shower for other 10 minutes just to find out where is the tap. No results, so I got dressed and I went to the owner of the hostel to ask where was the tap. He wasn't there, but his little son was happy to help. He told me to get back into the shower and, when ready, to shout. I still couldn't understand, till when I shouted and the boy turned on the water from a tap on the external wall !!! When I finished the shower I shouted again and the boy turned off the water.... Unbelievable!
Shower with timer (Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia)
Very hot shower, but with a limited of 8 minutes for each person! We were scared about the time limit, but it was more than enough.
Shower without water (Torotoro National Park, Bolivia)
During the first night at the hostel I went taking a shower, but there was no water. I was in Bolivia, so I thought that this is the kind of things that can happen. The morning after I went to the toilet, but then I realised that there wasn't water yet.
The second evening we had the same problem. I talked with the owner of the hostel and he assured me that the next day there wouldn't have been any problem.
Third night there wasn't water. I looked for the owner for almost one hour, but he disappeared. So me and another girl decided to take a shower with water bottles. While the girl was in the shower with her bottles, I finally found the owner and I complained about the loss of water. He acted like normal and asked me why I didn't tell him before, he would have turned on the water from the main tap of the building!!! What?!? After 3 days of complainings I discovered he was closing the tap whenever he wanted!!! Why?!?
Outdoor shower (Lagunas, Perù)
Nothing bad with outdoor showers, but when you are the only women in a hostel for fishermen, maybe it's better to take a very fast shower, probably the fastest shower I've ever took
Shower for couples (Oaxaca, Mexico)
Just to justify the fact that between two showers there is no wall or curtain, they put on the door the stylized image of a couple... What can they invent not to spend a little bit of money?
I travelled for almost one year in Latin America and I experienced different kinds of showers :
Natural Shower (Huapo, Perù )
Many times in the village they cut the water in the evening, so all the villagers go to the waterfall to take a shower
Shower with Isula (Huapo, Perù)
Isula is a huge ant, its bite is very painful. In the house where I was living there was an outdoor shower, where these ants found the perfect place to build their house. Few water drops on their house were forcing them outside and forcing me to end up the shower in the shortest time possible
Hot spring bath (Huayhuash circuit)
Hot springs can be found in every country I visited in South America. It's very pleasant and relaxing to enter into the hot water. But hot springs can't be considered as a bath and you should take a shower before entering. This is always true besides the hot spring we found at the Huayhuash circuit. After 4 days hiking without taking any showers, the hot spring really saved us all.
Electric Shower. (almost every country I visited)
Electicity is used to warm water (although not very successfully), but how can you possibly associated electricity and water in the same system? You can clearly see electric cables on top of your head!
Salty Shower (Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador)
In this island there is no fresh water, so taking a shower and entering into the sea is kind of the same thing. You even brush your teeth with salty water: disgusting! For laundry is the same!
Shower without tap (Copacabana, Bolivia)
I rented a private room with shared bathroom. I went to take a shower, I took off all my clothes and I tried to turn on the water... but I couldn't find the tap. I couldn't be so stupid, so I remained naked into the shower for other 10 minutes just to find out where is the tap. No results, so I got dressed and I went to the owner of the hostel to ask where was the tap. He wasn't there, but his little son was happy to help. He told me to get back into the shower and, when ready, to shout. I still couldn't understand, till when I shouted and the boy turned on the water from a tap on the external wall !!! When I finished the shower I shouted again and the boy turned off the water.... Unbelievable!
Shower with timer (Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia)
Very hot shower, but with a limited of 8 minutes for each person! We were scared about the time limit, but it was more than enough.
Shower without water (Torotoro National Park, Bolivia)
During the first night at the hostel I went taking a shower, but there was no water. I was in Bolivia, so I thought that this is the kind of things that can happen. The morning after I went to the toilet, but then I realised that there wasn't water yet.
The second evening we had the same problem. I talked with the owner of the hostel and he assured me that the next day there wouldn't have been any problem.
Third night there wasn't water. I looked for the owner for almost one hour, but he disappeared. So me and another girl decided to take a shower with water bottles. While the girl was in the shower with her bottles, I finally found the owner and I complained about the loss of water. He acted like normal and asked me why I didn't tell him before, he would have turned on the water from the main tap of the building!!! What?!? After 3 days of complainings I discovered he was closing the tap whenever he wanted!!! Why?!?
Outdoor shower (Lagunas, Perù)
Nothing bad with outdoor showers, but when you are the only women in a hostel for fishermen, maybe it's better to take a very fast shower, probably the fastest shower I've ever took
Shower for couples (Oaxaca, Mexico)
Just to justify the fact that between two showers there is no wall or curtain, they put on the door the stylized image of a couple... What can they invent not to spend a little bit of money?
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