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vicshere says on Oct 23, 2006, 15:04:

for god sakes don't be suck sit on the blow
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expatriate says on Oct 23, 2006, 15:27:

billyb says on Oct 23, 2006, 16:25:

RJ, you are supposed... to carry around your own personal seat with you, it's a tradition ;)

BillyB

bufalo says on Oct 23, 2006, 18:44:

Every year, my best friend would have to bring a toilet seat to Colombia with him when we travelled their from NY. Why? His mom would sell it the moment he left. I swear. The first time I got off the plane in Barranquilla, like 15 years ago or so, I left the airport with one sock, you can probably figure out why.

Hey expatriate! They also have no clue how to use the elevators.

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vicshere says on Oct 23, 2006, 18:55:

thats funny actually on my first trip I noticed that to....so on my second trip I brought 4 new toilet seats from home depot and gave them to my wife's family.......to this day (5 years now) they still don't use them or have they even installed them.......duhhhhh my sister in law has hers standing against the toilet .....now I am wondering maybe she wants me to install it?????hummmm truth is I actually find the cool sometimes cold toilet nice and refreshing against bare ass and you have a lot more room to do your stuff...no more explaining


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Robert Jorge says on Oct 23, 2006, 19:14:

I noticed the lack of toilet seats in my apartment. The "master bath", if you could call it that, had a seat on the bowl, but the second bathroom was seat-less. Now I didn't go out shopping for a toilet seat, but it seems to be a very rare item to have the opportunity to purchase in Colombia. I never saw one for sale anywhere that I went. I agree with a previous poster. It was actually kind of nice to have the additional room by sitting on the edges of the bowl.

Other things I noticed in Colombia pertaining to the bathroom. Many of my fiancee's family members will not flush after urinating. My guess is to save money on the water bill??? I never asked. Another thing is it seems every shower has the shower head removed. And, once the shower head is gone, you can't replace it. There are no threads on the pipe coming out of the wall, and I never saw a shower head for sale anyway. I guess people prefer a solid stream coming out of a pipe?

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Luke says on Oct 23, 2006, 19:42:

I'm still trying to get used to the cold showers!!

vicshere says on Oct 23, 2006, 19:50:

i did cold I did cold showers for 3 weeks then I got myself a gas water heater....its costs an additional 20,000 a month in gas big deal I need my hot showers.....and my Colombian wife who said she doesn't need a water heater now take 3-5 showers a day heheheh ......when they say they love it.....it's a lie.....I cant believe anyone who's says they like to have a cold stream of water run down their back at 5 in the morning......that's sounds like an Iraq torture


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utopiacowboy says on Oct 23, 2006, 21:20:

This whole frigging thread is a mystery. Are you guys really messing around with people who have no hot water and no toilet seats? Just because it's Colombia doesn't mean it HAS to be Third World.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Oct 24, 2006, 06:21:

elevators in this end of Europe, rubito, it's against the law to build an apartment house with more that three stories high without an elevator. (That's all Scandinavia including Finland).

Cheers,
Desi

(We had toilet seats at our home in Cali. All our friends and relatives and people I know have toilet seats. Some have even those ridiculous fluffy coverings for both the tank and the seat cover)


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seabass says on Oct 24, 2006, 07:18:

The cold showers in Barranquilla..no problem. After all, I'm in an un-airconditioned house, so I cherish the temporary relief.
The toilet seatless toilets, well, that takes some getting used to. I alway prep and practice at home before I make my journey south.

ColombianoGringo says on Oct 24, 2006, 08:18:

Cold showers My GF is from Neiva which is always 90-95 F so I understand that she likes to take cold showers there. But she even does that crazy # at $^ when we are freezing in Bogota. Needless to say, we don't take too many showers together.

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laguerejaloka says on Oct 25, 2006, 19:37:

Damn, i didn't know it gets real cold in colombia, i thought it was kinda the same all year round, like no specific seasons n stuff..n usually warm

~la guera~

famsearch says on Oct 25, 2006, 20:36:

other than the headless showers and seatless toilets... you're all missing one of the things that are unique to colombia, the items that pass themselves off as mattresses. i swear, all they are is a piece of 3/4" plywood, wrapped with a little bit of batting, and sewn into a cover. if it weren't for air mattresses, i'd have never gotten a decent night's sleep...
dan

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goin_south says on Oct 25, 2006, 22:32:

Luke Warm would be nice, eh?

Rubito,...cold showers in NYC in the winter? Now, are you talking ONLY THE COLD WATER? I did that once in Minnesota in the winter, and thought I would never be able to move again.

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and, thank you.

goin_south says on Oct 25, 2006, 22:40:

...and, it wasn't even winter It was October.

and, thank you.

utopiacowboy says on Oct 25, 2006, 22:46:

I've never slept on the type of mattress described above. I guess all of you go back describing Colombia as a place where you can't sleep, can't take a shower and can't take a dump. Not that it has to be like that. It's still Colombia even with nice comfy mattresses, toilet seats and hot water.

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jnlondon says on Oct 26, 2006, 00:18:

Ah yes. thank goodness for air mattresses. I got mine at Carrefour. Very expensive compared to say, u.s. walmart prices, but still way worth it.

goin_south says on Oct 26, 2006, 00:26:

Sounds alot like camping in Colombia, Cowboy. Rough'n it. I'm wondering what they're not tellin about the situation with or without toilet paper ;) and whether or not they had to drip dry. Heaven forbid, if they asked for razors for shaving.

and, thank you.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Oct 26, 2006, 06:09:

looks like most gringos visiting Colombian homes never go to a home above estrato 2 or el distrito de Aguablanca. That would explain the recurring complaint about missing toilet seats and lack of hot water.

Toilet paper? Take El Pais. Drip-dry? Goes fast, at least in Cali. Sandpaper instead of razor blades? Enjoy your stay!

Cheers,
Desi


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billyb says on Oct 26, 2006, 08:54:

Desi, I've noticed that also. BillyB

seabass says on Oct 26, 2006, 09:16:

My gf lives in estrato 5. And I always try to remember to pack a wash cloth. They don't seem have any of those either.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Oct 26, 2006, 10:26:

wash cloth? that's just gringos that use those. The rest of the world uses loofahs, sponges or just plain soap on the skin. They don't use them in Colombia because they're unnecessary and some people consider them antihygienic.
Cheers,
Desi

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seabass says on Oct 26, 2006, 11:36:

Well, I didn't see any of those loofahs or sponges laying around either. I can see using soap on the skin but I wasn't about to stick a bar of it up my ass.
I've known a few Colombians here in the U.S. and they seemed to have adapted to using wash clothes since their bathrooms were equipped with them. Or maybe they just bought them for the occasional gringo visitor.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Oct 26, 2006, 12:40:

seabass, Colombians are a very adaptable lot. If the other folks have washcloths in their batrooms they'll have them too. I've never seen Colombians living in Colombia using washcloths but I've seen them at Colombian homes in USA. No biggie, just an explanation why they don't have them in Colombia.

Oh, you didn't see the loofahs? They sell them all over the place, in supermarkets, produce markets, on the street? Huge, natural, 100% vegetable.

Cheers,
Desi


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seabass says on Oct 26, 2006, 12:50:

No Desi, I mean't I didn't see any in the house.
But I'll try to buy one next time I'm down there. Maybe I'll like them better than the wash cloth.

billyb says on Oct 26, 2006, 13:51:

've seen loofas in... every shower i've seen in Colombia.

BillyB

utopiacowboy says on Oct 26, 2006, 15:15:

Now loofas I have seen!
Now loofas I have seen!

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Oct 26, 2006, 15:28:

no???? You've never seen estropajos? They sell them streets and at the galerias (produce market) all over the town. (Any town)

Cheers,
Desi

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famsearch says on Oct 26, 2006, 15:45:

i don't think that's the proper technique for using soap... when seabass said, I can see using soap on the skin but I wasn't about to stick a bar of it up my ass., after i got back on my chair, i was wondering since i use just soap in the shower, if i had been doing something incorrectly all these years... lol

dan

dan

bufalo says on Oct 27, 2006, 08:22:

I always thought that washcloths were more of a decoration. I mean, you suds up your whole body with your hands, why then use a mini towel for your butt? I grew up in the USA and don't remember anybody making a big deal of them, is it an English thing? What the heck is a loofa? one of those sponges?

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Oct 27, 2006, 08:36:

loofah

Cheers,
Desi




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Desideria (Moderator) says on Oct 27, 2006, 08:39:

the gourd this is the loofah gourd



Cheers,
Desi

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bufalo says on Oct 30, 2006, 17:45:

I hope the loofa isn't used the same place a washcloth is! (especially dry, ouch!) Yup, that's what I thought it was, wwe got one here.

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