Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you

[gemfyre]

I wish I could have brought down some Bornean warmth.

I am back, I am fine, I didn't even get sick from the water or some weird food.

My throat got attacked by a salmon bone and is still sore but it's cool.

I'm still pondering paying 20sen to get into a toilet where they are all squat toilets, the floors are soaking, there are no hooks to hang your bags off the wet floor, and there is no toilet paper, not even provision for it! And what the heck is with those hoses in all the toilets?

Anyway, I'll be posting the diary and pictures over the next few days.

I hate the cold weather here, I should have stayed until November.

Comments

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Welcome back!

Yeah, that's dodge. So you had to pay for the privilege of squatting in the bushes, basically? Nice... not. Snerk.

[stawberi.livejournal.com]

The hoses are to clean yourself because the plumbing is not equipped to handle toilet paper. The floors are soaked because of this, and um... well, I guess it's best just to wear your bag.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

But after you clean yourself you'd then be MORE wet and need paper even more.

Must be uncomfotable to walk around all soggy down there.

[stawberi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I never understood that.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

And the hoses are in hotels and everywhere, even when paper is provided.

Weird stuff. Maybe these poor women who wear burkas get thier jollies in the toilets from it. :)

[stawberi.livejournal.com]

Well *those* hoses are for cleaning your bum. It's considered somewhat dirty to use toilet paper to "smear poo off" (not my own words). Plus, it's quicker than using toilet paper. Obviously you need to dry yourself afters, but yeah.

And I wouldn't consider women wearing a jilbab "poor". It's usually voluntary in those parts.

[miwasatoshi.livejournal.com]

Glad you got back safely :)

[minxx-21.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's the same in Thailand. When you think about it, it's a lot cleaner to spray yourself with water after poo poo than to wipe it with paper. It's just that we are not accustomed to it. But then there's the whole drying situation. Maybe we should have spray thingys and then a little blow dryer! =)

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I think the French may have gone that far.

Woo the bidet!