A Traveler's Worst Fear! Diarrhea on a bus with no bathroom
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- A travel tale while traveling by bus in Mexico, in which an unfortunate situation arose!
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A Traveler's Worst Fear! Diarrhea on a bus with no bathroom
This is why you have 100k followers, your stories are real and funny!
Gabriel, it is fearful situation to say the least. I had that experience in rome's railroad station. The attendant gave me just 2 small pieces of toilet paper. It was not enough and as soon I get up I had to sit down again. Bandanas were the fashion in the seventies, you wore them around your head, knees, and hanging from the back pocket. I used the all plus a shirt. Plus there were people banging on the door because I was taking to long. Why didn't anyone invent something to take care of this body function ? In France society ladies had a sauce dish they could use in public for urinating without being ashamed. When I travel I am starting to think is better to wear adult diapers.
"Bandanas were the fashion..."
OH GOD
Wet wipes, immodium bro.....essential.
50hellkat2 ...Absolutely agree , plus pepto bismol. Take two of each ! Hand sanitizer too ! A couple of vlogers hardly eat before going on a really long bus ride in India ! They say 8-12 hours on a sleeper bus is hard enough , even though there are pit stops .
I spent 5 years in the US Army going to the field quit often. after some near mishaps and several shirts with no sleeves I learned I needed to pack at least one roll of TP. now I wont be caught dead with out a roll at least in my truck. my policy of not going any ware with out my ETP has saved me multiple times while driving long stretches across the US
Ha ha, yeah it's crucial!
I've lived this. On a 32 hour bus ride from La Paz to Lima. It is terrible.
It's called Montezuma's Revenge.
Yep.
When I seen this title I just about shit in my pants laughing.
Richard's World That's what I was going for!
Hopefully you didn’t happen to be on a bus with no bathroom when you saw the title...
Hey Grabriel, one really good tip for that man. Have some grounded coffee with you and take eat a spoonful of that. It will help with tightening the stomach and help with the gastric juices. It really works. Have a little of that in a ziplock bag.
It happened to me 3X...Once in Italy riding on a motorbike with my friend...nature called and i ran into an empty office building and did it on the floor ( nobody around on Sunday). Next was in Iceland ..the bus tour made a stop and i ran up a mountain and did it..used grass as toilet paper. Last time was in Scotland...same thing.. did it on a Battleground behind the bushes ( had paper with me)..learned from previous experiences. For older men with enlarged prostates, # 1 becomes a problem ( between 1-3 hrs of holding time is the limit). It's no joke getting older and wanting to travel the world ..finding a toilet becomes an all consuming task. Happy portable toilets to all.
Oh my glad it worked out Gabe. Thanks for sharing lesson.
Dude just got back from nearly three same track through Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Great trip, super cheap z and so many awesome experiences. Luckily we didn't have this experience. But your videos were definitely useful to me showing me a little bit of what to expect, and you inspired me to film my own trip. So thanks man!
Jon B Baca Right on man, that's awesome, glad to hear it!
Watching this while having Diarrhea on the toilet LOL 😂
I was travelling in India in 1976 and had serious diarrhea. I was walking in the street and knew I wouldn't be able to make it back to my hotel. So I just had to go right on the curb of the street. Shit happens eh?
Lol
Wow! I'm so sorry this happened to you! Thank God he stopped...and thank God you were able to get your buiness done...sometimes diarrhea can last HOURS off and on....so glad it worked out for you. Even here in the US I always carry wipes or paper in my pockets...never know when you need to wipe down a table, shopping cart, sneeze, go to the bathroom etc..I'm always prepared for ANY situation lol :) Love this video! Melody
Don't forget to suggest you, bring an umbrella in your day pack next time.
Cover yourself from open area,
Just a day after my marriage i was traveling on bus with my wife. Same situation, after two hours when i bus stopped i jumped and ran to public toilet i even forgot that my wife was sitting in bus with bag and suitcase😁😁. Even till this day we laugh about the old incident.😂😂 from India
Apparently this is common! I've seen a few travel vloggers talk about it.. This is quite brave of you. I will be prepared!
Had a similar experience on the bus from HMC to Na Trang in Vietnam. Over night bus with minimal stops. Thought I would eat "western" prior to the trip to be safe. By 11 pm pain/cramps etc. And the driver wouldnt stop. Worst trip of my life. But a great story over a beer.
ozskipper Oh man, if the driver hadn't stopped in my case, it would have been a really bad story indeed! But yeah I can look back and chuckle at least.
Gabriel Traveler baby wipes its better than toilet paper
adonis camacho " baby wipes its better than toilet paper"
Aint that the truth!
+Gabriel Traveler
yes indeed...you can chuckle about it because you didn't hear the bus rolling away
and/or
didn't get welts on your arse!
I was on a similar bus; and it is a long way to go without a bathroom stop/break
+DavidisDawei In hind sight, if I had a toilet but heard the bus rolling away, i wouldnt have cared lol
Explosive diarrhea is a universal language. Just imagining the hand gestures.. implied of the immediate moment. 😂
Thank heavens for nice bus driver.
JDave Foster well if u were the bus driver would u want a stinky bus ?
Appreciate your shedding light on this important, but usually-not-talk-about fear!! Thanks for posting and thanks for the incredibly useful top about ETP!
Awesome that the man didnt hesitate to stop for you.
It's normal for me to go 2 or 3 times a day so I'm prepared when I travel. I eat lots of veggies and fruit and oatmeal.so that's why I go that much.
My worst fear would be getting diarrhea on a plane... I think I'd have to jump off. This story sounded just as horrible, though.
Great story ! I've gone one step further and always bring a thick plastic shopping bag (along with the ETP)
Just in case there's nowhere to pull over.. Better in the bag than in your skivvies !
this story would of made for a great standup comedian story telling comedy! LOL
imodium!! take one pill and you won't shit for 12 hours
I think that information is only partly good; 1 imodium pill is a small dose and might not be enough.
Glad that it all worked out for you! Really good that you had the courage to go ask, and hats of to the bus driver for stopping, otherwise things could of got very messy I'm sure. ETP is always essential wherever you are :)
Glad everything came out okay Gabriel
Good it turned out well :)) Happened to me once, but we couldnt stop. Barely held up for about an hour, but felt sick afterwards for a couple of days. Also later almost got some claustrophobic fear against closed and "unescapable" places and situations, took some time to forget :)
Ydonkov Yeah I hear ya on that.
por favor por favoooorrrrrrrrrrr sounds funny but it is scary to be in that situation but you are a Warrior lol
Omg I feel your pain , same thing happened to me in the Dominican Republic when I drank the 💦 water.
Any type pf bite or sting get a lime and cut it in half and squeeze lime juice on the affected area. It is an old Mayan cure all.
that's a good thing to know!
Im feeling your pain brother, the very same thing happened to me yesterday walking through Lumpini Park Bangkok. Except i wasn't so lucky with my ETP! As from today, it'll be with me full time, you learn from mistakes whilst travelling hey. Lets just say they'll have a good crop of Roses in the park this Summer! Peace man
Ha ha, I hear ya! It's an essential item for sure.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAA Gabriel this video is GOLD!!!... Safe Diarrhea less travels mate.. LOL.. I will be laughing at this for a while..
15 years ago I was on a bus with half a pound of weed and needed to piss, I could hold it sooner or later a couple of cop looking guys in the back where talking that they can smell it (the weed or piss) after 2 agonizing hours finally at the bus stopover I rush to the bathroom and take a piss. When I got back the bus was gone with my backpack & the weed so I ran out to the street and see it half a mile away, I take a cab and say 'follow that bus' down the road it was actually a different bus 😔..
So he drops me at the guest house further down the highway... I'm sitting in the curb thinking what to do. Then ahold the bus passes by(without the cops)! I halt them to stop, get my bag & the weed and enjoy my vacation!
Wow, so lucky! What country was this in?
Honestly, what would you have done it the bus driver wasn't willing to pull over? You can't always control intestinal disturbances haha
sobefobik I don't even want to think about that! Lol.
+sobefobik I would of tipped the driver a few pesos for stopping.
i'd have tipped him for sure, fuck nothing worse!
It would be worse for him if shit exploded all over the bus because he would have to be the one to clean it up.
i'd probably jump out the window if he didn't stop...seriously though...it's no joke being caught with a shitload and nowhere to go.. .
I totally agreed with your title, 'A Traveler's Worst Fear'. Even I have an iron stomach, I eat very carefully while travelling. One roll of toilet paper (without core) in a ziploc bag, hand sanitizer are always two essential item in my day pack. Some public bathrooms in South East Asia countries do not have toilet paper.
Yes, it could have been soooooo much worse! I'm happy for you that it wasn't! :D
Phoenix Das Precisely.
I had servere stomach problems in Eastern Turkey once and I went on a really bumpy 5 hour ride in a minivan. I was lucky not to poop myself or vomit all over the place.
That is one of the worse and most uncomfortable feelings in the world and when you tack on a bumpy bus ride that only adds to the nightmare. Also a word of advice to anyone who might run out of TP you can always use the sleeves of a T-Shirt which I didn't many times while in the Marine Corps.
Had similar in eastern Turkey. Very ill and long bus ride. One of my worst experiences, for sure. I bolted out the door at every stop to go squat and explode for just temporary relief. Eventually I think the driver knew I was sick and looked less exasperated when I made them wait a few extra minutes at several stops. Got bedbugs out there too but that wasn't nearly as bad.
Bummer! I've been lucky to never have experienced bedbugs.
Oh man... I can relate, I used to do a daily commute to work with 3 other people, 100+ km on a highway, hour and a half journey. Not the nice jungle-surrounded highway, it was a field-surrounded highway that actually had a fence on both sides so even if there were some covers you couldn't use them because of fence. So almost nothing but other cars and empty fields, and of course 3 other people from my ride. It happened to me couple of times but luckily it happened towards the end of the ride half hour before destination so I somehow managed to hold it.
No one really wants to talk about it. In the countryside there is no problem but what do you do in a city where you cannot find a public bathroom? I crapped in my pants in my home town, but that was no problem, home was near. Can you imagine going back to the hotel dripping with feces? In the old days nobody really cared. There were no bathrooms in the apartments but there many public bathrooms in town (in Italy) nowadays there is no single bathroom in main st., you are lucky if you find a store were they let you use it, hoping it is not occupied.
In a big city, just walk into any hotel and find a restroom. Most people are afraid to do this but in NYC, there's no problem walking inside and seeking a restroom. They're usually on the main level or on the conference room/gym levels. That's better than using a McDonald's public toilet. If i'm in a foreign country, i do the same..when you got to go, just do it..like the Nike ad proclaims.
Gabriel, I totally sympathize with what happened to you. I had the same problem. I had a bad case of Montezuma's Revenge and took a bus trip from Mexico City to Teotihuacan to see the pyramids. On the way there I had to go so badly with no toilet facility on the bus. When I got to the site it was made even worse in finding a toilet that was decent to use. The ride back was not great either.
Maybe carry OTC meds: pepto, wipes or tp, carbonated drinks helps too, avoid water for a while. Glad you found the bush
Just drink bottles of coke until you are sure about the water and eat crackers before the bus ride, not a burrito. 😃
Glad that the driver actually helped you, i couldn't imagined it if it was me in that bus! Hopefully the stings recover well :/
Travel With Liya Yeah they were fine later that evening fortunately.
I've been in a similar situation. I has the trotskies in Egypt. I was in a apartment and thankfull for a proper toilet. I went the toilet to shit ( dysentery) and opened the window to let the stink out.
I was reckoned to the kitchen for breakfast by my lovely Ethiopian hosts.
I asked what the internal window was for.... you guessed.
So I heard the story to the end & u got very lucky! It could hv been way worse if he did not stop or u did not hve TP
& used the stinging plants to wipe yrself!
I've been in this situation! it was terrible! but I managed
LAUGHED WITH GREAT DISCOMFORT....TOILET PAPER IS A TRAVELER`S BEST FRIEND......ESSENTIAL!
It has happened to all of us at some point in time, it's the worst but a great story over a few cold ones with friends :) You will always remember that hehe.
OMG.. that was an interesting tale... mama mia!....I used to work as a bodyguard...long story..:) and one of the things we were required to carry at all times was Imodium...
wow yeah i can relate to that cuz i suffer for very bad motion sickness since i was a little kid ( i know its not the same but it is pretty bad also lol)
I heard about a jungle in central America where brushing against plants don't cause welts, they kill you
man u got lucky, Im traveling through india rn and got a heavy food poisoning from the food i ate yesterday. I only shi water the whole night and couldn't sleep. Now my problem is i gotta take a 6 hours bus ride tomorrow to delhi, because the day after my flight goes to south india. I am reasonably worried how this is gonna turn out.
Just eating curt and rice and bananas hoping it will stuff me real good. But lets see tomorrow
Good luck!
Omg glad all turned out well for u my friend hay u gotta do ya business right? Great tips :)
funny when you said a little less pressure from the bus , yes but not in your backside Lol
Good to see you out on the road again , mate.
good to hear it ended well . and thanks for the info . peace
Good info...I can totally relate to this....Glad all worked out
Right after you ate those tacos. hmmm???
I have had that experience I cannot tell you how much I can relate. Can't believe you held it for more than a half hour. So embarrassing. Stings may have been ant bites?
Always, always bring TP in your purse, backpack or pocket while traveling in Mexico.
Hahaha. Happened to me a couple of things ago in Bangkok too. On the way to work. Had to get off the bus and run into a random mama & papa shop which was also their house it seemed. Quite embarrassing.
ETP It is a must on these type of journeys!
At least you had toilet paper....I had a similar incident while hiking Cinque Terre. Worst feeling ever.
Diapers are a life saver mah friend i always travel long distance with a diaper on.
2nd worst fear hanging out for a pee on a bumpy Nepali bus, i had to pee into an empty bottle, luckily there was no one on the rear seats! lol
I can imagine, I was in the exact same situation just recently but managed to hold it until the bus ride was over:
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thank you this will be my first trip to india and its just that getting there is soo far and long hours on a plane I wanted something safe never have been on a plane but thanks iv been searching and searching and cant deside thank u
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Hi! I was on a fast bus, but not first class, not sure what class, in rural south Mexico I think maybe an hour out of Tuxtla on my way to the Yucatan Peninsula, toward the same area that you were in Gabriel, but a minor difference in time, 1982 ha! I was still in the highlands. There was no jungle. The bus stopped maybe once at a place to buy lunch. For men the only bathroom was one big tin trough where all would crowd in and urinate. If you had to go number two the owner of the cantina said to go out back. The women I felt sorry for as all they could do was have a friend hold up a sweater or whatever for privacy. There was toilet paper dotted all over the landscape up this slope. I fortunately didn't have diarrhea and waited until I got to I think it was Palanque Mayan ruins and tourist area. Playa del Carmen then was like a dream, a tiny town. The beach there, both directions as far as you could see was metaphoric, white sand beach, tall beautiful palm trees, and turquoise and cobalt blue water. I could get the ship to the island of Cozumel there. Someone told me it is all built up there now. The people there mainly spoke Mayan, but Spanish too of course. It was so moving to hear Maya language, but I was there for a reason I couldn't really grasp fully where their words were like a colorful thread crossing time and much more. I love Mexico and the people and lived in the mountains and helped two families plant their crops of corn and frijoles and gave them money and food. Big blisters on my hands and feet but gems in my soul ha! Though I wear shoes I can still feel the earth beneath my feet.
An awful situ to be in but you survived, well done.
great vidio, will for sure start packing tolilet paper in my day bag, question, you mention that in india they dont use toliet paper, may I ask what do they use ?
The title about sums up all this guys travels
Good story. We were in Yugoslavia 1987 and they have asian toilets and no toilet paper
when in delhi i had a bus trip appt for 4 pm to go to manali..
about noon i got deathly sick with all the problems. i have often thought how it would of turned out if i had got sick on bus. and what a night mare it could of been traveling with no bathroom and stopping in a small indian town for medical help
still want to go to manali leh kashmir
Hi Gabriel, thank you for your videos, they will help me to plan my trip to México. A question I have is, how do you handle to pass sissors, nail clippers and lighters through security checkpoint at airports? As far as I know, this items are not allowed in carry on bags in the cabin of the aircraft.
Hi there, you just put those items in your baggage that will go underneath the plane. Then you go through security after you've already checked your baggage at the check-in counter. So it's not a problem.
Wow ! Did you find out what kind of plant it was ? Yikes .. And kinda a funny story..lol.
Rose Wilson No I never did. The stinging went away after an hour or two and then I forgot about it.
Hahaha the title I laughed so hard and read it to my boyfriend and he said "mhm I agree"
MeliC Yeah the title says it all eh??
I always have charcoal tablets in my purse. Not only in Mexico/ India : shit can happen anywhere😫😜
Love, love the videos...very brave...how do you deal with emergencies..like medical for instance?
Basically, buy travel insurance and then hope for the best! I've never had a medical emergency while traveling, though in Nepal I had a toothache and made a dentist appointment. They prescribed a special toothpaste that did the trick, so that was an easy one. You just deal with stuff as it happens since you can't be prepared for everything
Sealed wet wipes !!
Lmfao so somewhere in a jungle Gabriel’s shit is in a bag. If someone ends up stepping in it while adventuring lmfao
Did you drink any of the local water in Mexico? It is bad for most of us because of a local water organism. But the advice to walk with your ETP is important.
I don't think so, pretty sure I only drank bottled water in Mexico.
I have a disposable adult diaper I carry around in case of anything 😬
Oh shit!
+zaher
Literally
We have all been there man...haha it sucks
they make traveler size pouches of baby wipes Safeway has a small baby wipe that is a dollar 99
hi love the videos I just joined ur videos tell.me wats a great and safe airline to use while traveling to india
All airlines are very safe, they have to pass certain safety and security regulations. Air travel in general is very safe. So I would just look for the cheapest flight, at least that's what I do.
Damn......!!! I got same experience before week from mumbai to goa sleeper bus 17 hours travelling only one stop for toilet 😈......i was thinking i will never ever go by bus 🙏
Glad he didn't drive off with your stuff!
Diane Di Leonardo Yeah really, that woulda sucked!
Note to self: Videos about shitting on my pants= great ratings. Someone said wet wipes and I agree, but after watching the video I googled anti diarrheal medications and it said that they can worsen or prolong diarrhea caused by parasites or bacteria.
same thing happened to me in india and i had to use the worst Bathroom i've ever seen! the smell was horrible
poor little thing.....it must have been a terrible experience, but here in Mexico everything is possible, jajaja, after all it was funny
Wow! Even talking about this personal moment you wreak a "class act"! What are we going to watch once you've hit every spot on the globe? You could vlog on paint drying or grass growing and still get a thumb's up.
It's toilet you need. Not a bath!
glad it worked out =)
is this ETP just normal toilet paper or should it be biodegradable?
Hkn Alset Nah, just the usual stuff will do.
thank you very much :D
It's all jungle!they filmed the movie predator there!lol!
Yikes ...
Ha ha . brilliant.
Chetumal, Quintana Roo.... no Yucatán
Yucatan peninsula, not Yucatan state.