OK..... 5 days to go, do i need toilet paper????

SarahM · Sep 28th, 2006, 14:16

Hi Guys

I am on count down and pulling all my bits together. I am coming to Calcutta for 5 weeks volunteer work and 1 week doing the tourist trial of dehli, agra and jaipur. I am planning to pack...

4 cargo trousers
8 t shirts
3 cotton long sleeve tshirts
3 long sleeve cotton shirts

Is this enough, as i will be "working" i will need to change twice a day and will probabily keep 2 pair trousers for "work" and 2 pairs for the other times.

Is this reasonable or do i need less or more???

Finally do i need to bring toilet paper with me???? Read somewhere else that it was recommended to bring some for the event of the "squits"???

Appreciate your opnions!

Cheers Sarah

fsg · Sep 28th, 2006, 14:34

Yes Id take some toilet paper, but its readily available.

Clothes you can always get some made up by a tailor using existing ones as a pattern.
Mine charges 50/- for shorts/shirt. and the material is v cheap too. India has excellent cotton.

Nick-H · Sep 28th, 2006, 15:07

Take a box of tissues.

Indian toilet paper is ok, Indian tissues are coarse.

If you get a cold, you can use them to blow your nose!

TimMakins · Sep 28th, 2006, 15:22

Yes, take your favourite brand of toilet paper. Maybe even the moist ones ! Then, as the tp gets used up, you create space in your pack for souvenirs.

Tim in England

Nick-H · Sep 28th, 2006, 15:38

...the mind boggles!

Or maybe I just have a particularly strange mind!

smashin · Sep 28th, 2006, 16:33

I've been in India for 2 months and my essentials are tissue paper, baby wipes (great for those hot days when you need a cool towel for your face,neck and arms) and hand sanitizer gels

rab · Sep 28th, 2006, 18:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by SarahM

Finally do i need to bring toilet paper with me???? Read somewhere else that it was recommended to bring some for the event of the "squits"???

Nar she'll be right mate. Best way is to wipe your arse with a palm (not your palm plant or your palm leaf, just your palm!) and wash after with water from a rusty ghee tin. Even better crouch by the railway track on the approach to a mainline railway station for the full experience.

Welcome to India!

rab

PS. Seriously though you should probably take an ultra lightweight fleece jacket I reckon. There is nothing more practical and light than modern fibre clothing. Worn over a vest top or something on a cooler evening it will give you comfort and modesty and be a nice varitation from the combination of clothes you listed. But ignore me I'm a bloke!

PeakXV · Sep 28th, 2006, 18:27

Sarah - still time to order this (love their slogan

):

It cleans, it soothes, it saves your butt!

.... much better than the sandpaper errr I mean TP you will find in India.

Nick-H · Sep 28th, 2006, 19:54

What a great idea!

SarahM · Sep 29th, 2006, 23:44

Ok, tissues, toilet paper and a fleece are now packed, might give the butt soother a miss!

dzibead · Sep 30th, 2006, 01:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeakXV

Sarah - still time to order this (love their slogan

):

It cleans, it soothes, it saves your butt!

.... much better than the sandpaper errr I mean TP you will find in India.

Oh, jeez! Another gadget. Just what we all need.

Make sure to pack it in your checked luggage - otherwise, can you just see youself explaining to the security personnel what it is: "It's my portable bidet"

(Yuck.)

Almost as bad as that poor doofus who had to explain to security what his "penis pump" was - and was mistakenly accused of saying it was a "bomb"!

PeakXV · Sep 30th, 2006, 01:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by dzibead

Make sure to pack it in your checked luggage - otherwise, can you just see youself explaining to the security personnel what it is: "It's my portable bidet"

(Yuck.)

Dzibead not so honest - Just tell them fyi it's liquid TP and if the airline would clean their toilets a little more frequently one wouldn't have to take such precautions.

cyberhippie · Sep 30th, 2006, 02:02

Take all that space you were thinking of filling with toilet paper, "wipes" and all that malarky

Fill it with a something you wanted to take but "couldn't fit it in" some books, a change of clothes, camera, teddy...anything that lies in your "comfort zone"

If need be take a few wipes, for the time between flight and hotel.

Wake up the next day in modern day Cal..........Kalkota and toilet paper is coming at you from all sides, wipes are to be had at the nearest chemist, handspray.........it's all there at a fraction of the price you may be considering!

Don't bring toilet paper, it's a serious waste of the limited space your luggage allows!

dzibead · Sep 30th, 2006, 02:12

About a million years ago, when I left the East Coast to go to graduate school in California, my mother sent me a "Care Package" that included, among other things, several rolls of toilet paper. Where did she think I had moved to - India or something!?

Seriously, don't bother bringing toilet paper from home. Ditto cyber's comments. You can easily pick up a roll when you arrive, to use on the train or in toilets when you're on the road.

Sama · Sep 30th, 2006, 02:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by dzibead

Oh, jeez! Another gadget. Just what we all need.

my thought exactly when I saw it -- more crap to carry around? no thanks!

Sep 28th, 2006, 14:16	#1
SarahM Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Budapest (temp), Sydney, UK Posts: 46	OK..... 5 days to go, do i need toilet paper???? Hi Guys I am on count down and pulling all my bits together. I am coming to Calcutta for 5 weeks volunteer work and 1 week doing the tourist trial of dehli, agra and jaipur. I am planning to pack... 4 cargo trousers 8 t shirts 3 cotton long sleeve tshirts 3 long sleeve cotton shirts Is this enough, as i will be "working" i will need to change twice a day and will probabily keep 2 pair trousers for "work" and 2 pairs for the other times. Is this reasonable or do i need less or more??? Finally do i need to bring toilet paper with me???? Read somewhere else that it was recommended to bring some for the event of the "squits"??? Appreciate your opnions! Cheers Sarah

Sep 28th, 2006, 15:07	#3
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 25,811	Take a box of tissues. Indian toilet paper is ok, Indian tissues are coarse. If you get a cold, you can use them to blow your nose! __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

Sep 28th, 2006, 18:27	#8
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,032	Sarah - still time to order this (love their slogan ): It cleans, it soothes, it saves your butt! .... much better than the sandpaper errr I mean TP you will find in India. __________________ We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started ...and know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?

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fsg Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: U.K Posts: 225	Yes Id take some toilet paper, but its readily available. Clothes you can always get some made up by a tailor using existing ones as a pattern. Mine charges 50/- for shorts/shirt. and the material is v cheap too. India has excellent cotton.

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smashin trigger hippie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Manila Posts: 2	I've been in India for 2 months and my essentials are tissue paper, baby wipes (great for those hot days when you need a cool towel for your face,neck and arms) and hand sanitizer gels

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Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 25,811	What a great idea!

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cyberhippie Account Closed by User's Request Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,013	Take all that space you were thinking of filling with toilet paper, "wipes" and all that malarky Fill it with a something you wanted to take but "couldn't fit it in" some books, a change of clothes, camera, teddy...anything that lies in your "comfort zone" If need be take a few wipes, for the time between flight and hotel. Wake up the next day in modern day Cal..........Kalkota and toilet paper is coming at you from all sides, wipes are to be had at the nearest chemist, handspray.........it's all there at a fraction of the price you may be considering! Don't bring toilet paper, it's a serious waste of the limited space your luggage allows!

Sep 30th, 2006, 02:12	#14
dzibead Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,975	About a million years ago, when I left the East Coast to go to graduate school in California, my mother sent me a "Care Package" that included, among other things, several rolls of toilet paper. Where did she think I had moved to - *India* or something!? Seriously, don't bother bringing toilet paper from home. Ditto cyber's comments. You can easily pick up a roll when you arrive, to use on the train or in toilets when you're on the road.

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