Thailand is HOT. Now that we have rolled into April, we barely get a break from the heat, and that’s even at night. When we first arrived in March, at least we looked forward to opening the windows to let in the cool, 60s-ish evening air.
But that is no longer the case, and even in the mornings we wake up and it’s hot. And after going about our daily business we are hot. And after we get home from riding around outside we are hot. Can you see a trend here?
That is where a nice, cool shower comes in.
Two shower heads – one is adjustable for the hot water, and the other is cool water
Never did I think that I would regularly use the traditional Thai cool-water shower, but I do. The Thai showers are not a miserable, get-in-get-out-as-quick-as-you-can cold as I thought, but rather a refreshingly cool temperature, like nice pool water. It’s a welcomed cool-down after waking up hot or running afternoon errands.
See how the pipe just comes out of the wall with no temperature gauge?
It’s funny that we had asked our landlord to install hot water shower heaters before moving in because we wanted warm showers, like back in the States. Little did we know how wonderful cool showers are…
Hot showers are a bit different here than back home. Hot water comes from individual heater units installed in the showers themselves rather than hot water supplied to the entire house from one big tank. The water heated as it is being used, and a dial on the unit regulates the temperate rather that a hot/cold gauge directly on the faucet.
And for those of your who are wondering what else may be different in our bathrooms here… the answer is no, we do not have squat toilets, but we do have bum guns!
I was waiting for the bum gun instructions. ;)
The first time I used one, I may as well have used the shower head that was hanging right above it.
Thai bathrooms usually make me chuckle. Where else could you use the toilet, brush your teeth, style your hair and have a shower all at the same time?
Haha! We recommend youtubing someone who’s been properly taught how to use a bum-gun, and even better, a squat toilet. Writing instructions just doesn’t do it justice, and we don’t have the guts to make a video ourselves!
I wish I had before I tried the first time. I still think it’s acceptable to hang your pants on the hook on the door and have a mini shower. Quite refreshing. ;)
I’m just curious how warm the warm water shower is. I live in Costa Rica and a product commonly sold here is a Lorenzetti brand electric shower head (made in Brazil). It warms the water something like 12 – 15 degrees F (guessing here, can’t find the specs) above the temp the water comes in as. I’m cold blooded and that was not enough for me, so I had a more expensive on-demand water heater installed. Just curious what to expect if (when?) I come to Thailand.
Hello, our water heaters are adjustable. On a recent roadtrip we had one that displayed the temperature and it read 43 degrees celsius. Lately it has been cooling down in the evenings so we have been making our showers hotter.