Travel Mistake
A traveler for 20 years I've become humbled by the
many mistakes, embarrassing moments and language foul-ups
I've been involved in. Ah, but great stories to tell.
Mistake - using too much toilet paper.
In the lovely town of Mount Abu - in northern India - I resided
like a Maharajahs guest in the Bekeneer Palace. Once a palace,
now a resort hotel in the mountains. I became sick for three
days but was lucky to be in the hotel off season...no other
guests and the King's Suite (about the size of a house 1000 square
feet) was available on the top floor with a lovely balcony where
we heard chanting in the distance during the late afternoon rains.
Couldn't have picked a better place to get sick and rest and only
$37.00 a night.
A glorious bathroom, compared to many nonexistent ones I had been
introduced to along this journey, steps away from the bedroom
allowed me to frequent it often. On the last day I backed up the
whole (delicate) plumbing system in the palace and flooded the
toilet. I'm sure it was due to a bit too much toilet paper; I did
use it liberally.
I was probably balancing out the non toilet paper usage I
experienced in France when I was an au pair and the family used
newspaper. Mon dieu! Toilet tales are one of my specialties.
Jessica
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