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Originally Posted by samyonboard
Ha! I will just tell you one thing: Once you get used to the left hand and the water, you will really appreciate that system (Millions of people use that everyehere, none has died from it as far as I know).
So here's my 2 tricks:
#1 Take a haf litre or 75 Bottle (I personally use Oxygen Water ones from the petrol station because of the squirt-lid they come with) full (FULL FULL) with water. If you use a normal water bottle, have a lid with a small hole in it (your leatherman tool will help you with that) as you done with your business aim at your anus holding the bottle in your right hand and sqqueeze firmly. The spray will take away some firm bits that may still hang about there. Then rub with your left while still sprinkling water. This is a way gentler way to get yourself clean as smearing your poo up and down your crack with paper. Especially when you have some problems and need to go very often it prevents you from getting rash quite effectively.
#2 Sprinkle a little water before you squeeze that brick out, poo won't stick on a wet surface ;-) means easyer clean afterwards. Try this at home, wet or not , the first swipe with paper will tell you the difference (do that over a couple of sessions, it convinced me 100%.)
Bad thing about toilet paper in desert climates: for the lack of moisture it won't decompose as quickly as it would at home... so take a lighter to torch it if you feel like you must use paper. Mini torches used for soldering do a good job here. Wind will uncover your business sooner or later and the paper will fly...
I promise this will change your life! (And it's good for nature too. Guess the bog roll industry won't approve but immagine the Impact worldwide. No more use for bog roll... No more pollution in production and disposal... )
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I'm glad someone mentioned this. I was curious in Iran in 2007 and after the initial 'that's disgusting' knee-jerk which most Westerners have, I was totally converted. I think I have been forced to dry-wipe (for lack of water) on only two occasions since. I've converted a couple of friends too.
Out of interest, Jack Kerouac writes about this in Big Sur "everyone is walking around with dirty assholes"
Indeed, not only is this very convenient when travelling, more environmentally friendly if going in the great outdoors, it is far cleaner (think of an analogy, mustard on a velcro pad?? - the soft side!!), quicker and kinder to your anus.
The question of hygiene is a separate one of course, whether someone washes their hands after taking a dump is unrelated to their clean-up method. Frankly in a public lavatory I'd be just as, if not more worried about what was on the door handle / taps than what came out of me.
EO
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EurasiaOverland a memoir of one quarter of a million kilometres by road through all of the Former USSR, Western and Southern Asia.
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