Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia
We've been in Bali for the last four days. I still haven't got pics but they're coming.
The reason for this post is to record something about SE Asia that I feel is worth noting. It concerns the loo; specifaically, what one does when one has finished moving ones bowels. Now, in what is called the Wetern World, this almost exclusively involves the use of toilet paper. There are bidets, of course, but seeing as I never used one (I think people have them mostly for decoration or misakenly took them for foot baths anyway), I'll ignore them. So, a number of wipes and you're away.
Im SE Asia, there is another option. Behind many cisterns you'll find what, at first glance, looks something like a garden hose. This hose squirts out water at relatively high pressure. For a number of weeks during my travels, I disregarded the hose and kept to the tried and trusted method. However, after a drunken conversation with a fellow traveller in Vietnam, I was convinced that the hose may have merits and decided to give it go. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised! I'll not go into it: just to encourage anyone travelling through this neck of the woods, to do as I did and give it a lash.
As a cautionary note, I would still recommend using paper. A discreet wipe after using the hose - just to be sure.
posted by James Carroll @ 5:45 p.m.
2 Comments:
HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW ABOUT THE TOILETS??? Did you just keep thinking they forgot to replace the rolls? Laughed so hard when I read that! You big nutter :o)
No, I didn't think they forgot to replace the toilet rolls. I knew that they used the hose-thing but I just hadn't given it a go. You know the way they've got fried crickets and other insects on sale in some places? Well, I reckon that, had they the choice, people would eat chicken or other more flavoursome foods. But they don't have a choice, hence the appearance of crickets as a culinary option. I'd made the same presumption about the bogs...!
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