I recently been living in Armenia, part of the former Soviet Union. It is situated north of Iran, South of Georgia, West of Azerbaijan and East of Turkey. This year in September it will celebrating the 20th year of independence from the soviet era.
Moving from Northern Beaches, surrounded by 180 degree of views of the city and the Pacific Ocean, having a reliable European car and quite comfortable life style to the 3rd world with all the promises of life changing experiences has been challenging to say the list. However, life in the 3rd world needs to get used to and requires some life style adjustments. So in the next couple of blogs I will try to break some of the myths associated with living in the 3rd world and very important, step by step, instructions on how to do simple things like brushing your teeth, taking a shower, washing dishes etc.
Having travelled in both Russia and Cuba, I can add some helpful tips on hygiene:-
1. When the water supply in the hotel is turned off overnight (and not turned on again until after your morning shower), it is quite possible to wash quite adequately using your 1 litre of bottled drinking water – and still have some to spare to brush your teeth;
2. Hot water in hotels is an optional extra – optional entirely at the hotel’s discretion and not dependant on the price paid for the hotel room.
Comment by Carol Read — April 30, 2007 @ 10:31 am