Sunday, August 3, 2014

Ode to indoor plumbing...

Indoor plumbing, how I have missed you. Let me count the ways:

One: This is the shower/latrine trailer. On the positive side,  they are cleaned by lovely third country nationals who are usually quite friendly ladies. Although sometimes it's males, so then the latrine is closed. Always when I have to go!!! LOL.  There is AC too.



The shower curtains are an abomination.  We have even made up a funny little interpretive dance for when it touches your bare skin and you freak.out.  I would love some cold water and to be able to shower by myself.  The water is held in a tank outside, so when the ambient air temperature never drops below 90 degrees,  there will be no cold water. There is a bit of overcrowding going on here right now, so there's always someone wanting that shower.

Two: This gloriousness is affectionately called a hot box. Ummm, because it's hot. And no AC. And a tiny little box that is a glorified portapotty.  They do have a sink. Also, I don't have to clean those either, lol.



Three: The portapotties.  These do have a regular toilet in them, so that is nice. They are also hot as balls. They also generally have some amusing artwork. I find there are some trends with portapotty graffiti. The drawings are nearly always in the male accessed latrines. The ones designated as female only never have drawings.  They are also almost always dick pics.  Very accurate and detailed. When they attempt to draw female body parts, they fail miserably. This leads me to believe those that draw graffiti on bathroom walls are young, shall we say, inexperienced males.



There are a few places with indoor plumbing. That is an exciting experience! However, even the indoor bathrooms require that you not flush anything other than bodily functions, so, um. Gross.

I can't wait to be able to stumble directly from my bed to the bathroom in just 5-10 steps in whatever clothes I want...or don't want, lol, instead of waking up at 3 am and trying to negotiate with my bladder!

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