Emma, Just read a message from Jeannie T & she had been elsewhere just a few years ago & she said that the bathrooms were much the same as what you mentioned. I suppose you get used to about anything if you have to. ~J ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roses" <[email protected]> To: "southern-chat" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Travels.. Don't count on it. Emma > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:49:52 -0800 > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Travels.. > > Emma, > > That really is antiquated...I'm surprised they only had that. However, > that > was some time ago...so maybe they have better facilities now. > > ~J in AZ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roses" <[email protected]> > To: "southern-chat" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:41 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Travels.. > > > > Did your pastor tell about the rest rooms? I don't know about the men's > room, but for the ladies, there was a hole in the floor, no seat, you had > to > hit that hole in the floor. At one place (maybe an airport) they had just > remodeled. I said it was a nice hole in the floor, all tiled, but it was > still a hole in the floor. > > Emma > > > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:34:06 -0600 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Travels.. > > > > My pastor took a group of men to Russia several years ago and the > > stories > > he tells are very similar to yours. Cold showers in the dead of winter > > was > > the pits. Then he went back to the Ukraine and taught some classes, with > > the aid of an interpreter. > > We worked in the Dominican Republic for three years and I can identify > > with the hitchhiking. You get in a "taxi" that, in the U.S. would hold 5 > > people, and by the time you reach your destination there would be 9 or > > 10 > > people, along with live chickens and who know what else. Most people had > > no cars so you walked to the nearest grocery store or the local market, > > then carried your purchases back in reusable bags. All 4 of us had to go > > in order to take enough groceries back for a week > > Washing clothes was the hardest and most time consuming thing. My > > clothes > > were nothing to wash, but try jeans for three males. It didn't take long > > before everyone was doing their own. Then we were told that it was > > expected for the white people to hire maids to do their cooking and > > washing. > > When visiting in individual homes, the people were very kind and > > generous. > > They would insist that you eat with them, even though you knew that they > > couldn't really afford to feed you. > > > > Kay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message