Lodging on the cheap when you travel can sometimes be a bit
dodgy—the people, the cleanliness, the bathrooms, etc.
Take the place I stayed last night: only a cold shower
(okay, not all that unusual, but this one was little more than a steady drip,
at least when any other faucet was open), only one toilet (and a Turkish one at
that—but hey, I’m not exactly in North America or Western Europe), a room that
stank (didn’t matter that the window was open—in fact, I’m inclined to think it
was the bed that put forth the noxious odors), no power outlets… I feared for
bed bugs, filth, and everything else unsanitary. Sometimes, when I travel, I
wonder when I can possibly feel clean again. Not counting this place, I’m
fairly certain I’ve run into some type of bed bugs twice already on this trip (and I haven't even gotten to NYC yet...).
And this place looked worse than either one of those places…
But then I was sick, so maybe my outlook was a bit off. (I
blame the sickness of the general state of poor sanitation in this country—my
body isn’t used to this many germs.)
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