One thing which I’ve always considered normal for a hotel is for the bathrooms to be somewhat private — you can do your business without being seen or heard.\u00c2\u00a0 This trip has had a variety of instances where that wasn’t always the case.\u00c2\u00a0 It hasn’t been a problem, but it’s kind of interesting.<\/p>\n
In Huahine, our hotel was definitely not fancy — it was somewhat hostel-like.\u00c2\u00a0 In our private room, the walls of the bathroom didn’t go up to the ceiling.\u00c2\u00a0 And the door was basically a shower curtain.<\/p>\n
On the boat, the bathroom was perfectly private.\u00c2\u00a0 Except that it had a window on its ceiling, and anyone walking on deck could look in.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, we all averted our eyes over these windows.<\/p>\n
In Papeete, one of the three rooms we were in had a latch on its normal bathroom door which was broken, and you couldn’t close the door from the inside.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of the time it would be pretty shut, but often it would just kind of open on its own.\u00c2\u00a0 They fixed it as soon as we brought it to their attention.<\/p>\n
The winner, though, is our fancy three-star hotel here in Noumea.\u00c2\u00a0 Not only does the sliding unlockable door have diagonal slats which provide auditory sharing, but there is a large picture window between the bathtub and the bed, with perforated venetian blinds.\u00c2\u00a0 If the light is on in the bathroom and it isn’t in the bedroom, the person in the bathroom is essentially “on television” to the person in the bed, even if the blinds are closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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