The only thing I don’t love about this country is that apparently no one uses soap. There is no soap in my homestay and no soap in the hostels that we’ve stayed at. I have a little bottle of hand sanitizer that I keep with me at all times. Also, I don’t know if I’ve said this already, but bathing is so difficult here. There is a shower here at the SIT house where we have our classes, but our homestays do not have showers nor do they have running hot water. Taking a “bath” goes something like this:
Boil a kettle full of hot water. Stopper the tub and put cold water in. Pour in the hot water. Get in and splash some lukewarm water on yourself. Don’t even think about washing your hair.
All of us on the program agree- THAT is something they should have told us before we left America.
But seriously, it’s not so bad, it’s just given me a new appreciation for showers.
0 Responses to “i miss being clean”