Waterworks

Every blog needs a bit of toilet humour to lower the tone and I'm not going to make this one an exception. Especially when there is so much material to feed it with.

I might have alluded to a few flushing regulations and some shower limitations: The water pressure is certainly temperamental, meaning that sometimes there is running water and sometimes there isn't. If you are the sort of person who needs to stand in the shower for 5 minutes before your hair even gets wet then the trickle that comes from our shower in Hohoe might have you there all night. Although if the trickle runs out completely the alternative option of sticking your head in a bucket might actually be quicker.

The toilet is to be flushed sparingly - that is, only when contents are of a solid consistency (toilet paper is not allowed in the toilet at all).

"If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown then flush it down" requests the polite notice that sits above both of our toilets. Of all the amusing toilet etiquette that is to be found in public restrooms, this is one I had yet to experience.

You can imagine the toilet is not always the nicest place to pass time. Just as well most people don't use it that often - the sweating (or perspiring or 'glowing') seems to do the job quite effectively the rest of the time.

If you do decide to flush the toilet, thereby advertising your bathroom activities to all around, then make sure there is nobody in the shower - the bathroom doesn't multi-task. Must have been a male plumber.