You know you
are in a foreign country when there are electronic devices in the shower. One
would think that water and electricity are not a good idea, even more so when
you are talking about 220 volt. However, it is quite common in Peru for the hot
water in the shower to be generated by an electric heater perched above your
head. Almost every shower I have seen, including my host family, is set up this
way with the possible exception of the hotel shower the very first night I
arrived in Lima and the hotel I stay at in Cusco.
The shower head in my bathroom
I have not
had any problems with mine but I have heard other volunteers report that they
get shocked on occasion by theirs. One guy told me his arm was numb for 5 hours
after getting shocked at the one in his host family house and that it is a bad
idea to touch the shower head.
They also
don’t work very well. Yes you get hot water if you let it trickle out of the
shower head but the more you turn the water on the more the cold overpowers the
electric motor. So at best I would say you get a luke warm shower.
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