Comments for Avoiding the Shower Menace: Tips For Travelers, not Inmates at http://www.ubertramp.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.ubertramp.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:38:34 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ubertramp.com/content/view/199/90/#comment-4 'Sounds like a wierd kind of cleanliness karma to me! Wow, you were lucky... Maybe flophouse showers shouldn't recieve a 'dual purpose bonus' after all ;D - Nathan Thu, 01 May 2008 08:55:09 +0100 http://www.ubertramp.com/content/view/199/90/#comment-3 I figured that I would have to comment on this post today, because I nearly got fried in the shower this morning. I stepped into my the shower of my hotel in Guatemala, turned the water on, and listened to the electric heater kick in. I soon realized that I needed to quickly use the toilet, so I stepped out of the shower to do so. Almost as soon as I stepped foot out of the shower the electric water heater exploded in a burst of flames! I stood there, naked, and just observed the flames burning away. It was an electrical fire, so there was no way that I was not going to go into the water to fight it. The wires soon burned themselves out, the heater sat dead and silent, and I figured that it was safe to turn the water off amidst a cloud of smoke and the smell of burned electronics. I wonder if I would have been fried if I decided to just pee in the shower like a regular old vagabond. Ain't dead yet, Wade - Vagabond Journey.com Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:56:19 +0100 http://www.ubertramp.com/content/view/199/90/#comment-2 Lots of those showers are scary, and once under them, you can never be too sure if you'll come out clean or toasted. - Angelo Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:24:53 +0100