By: Petya
In reply to <a href="https://twomonkeystravelgroup.com/tips-female-hygiene-road-backpacking-travel/#comment-16106">Whitney O'Halek</a>.
I use it for 10 years. It is convenient, I won't argue, but not for travelling. Clean hands are needed to pull it out ant to put it inside again. Sometimes it is not possible to wash your hands and even when you wash them, you have to touch the handle of the toilet cabin. This is the reason I NEVER use my menstrual cup when I am travelling!
One interesting apply of the menstrual cup is to put it inside when you are visiting a pool (and you are not in your period). It prevents the water to get inside. Before I always had intimate problems when I visited pools- maybe from the bleach in the water. Now I don't have any problems.
By: female
Yeah, each and every word is very true. For female traveller maintain hygiene especially intimate hygiene is very challenging job when you are on some adventure high treks. This blog is going to help for those adventurous female traveller.
By: Pam Ryan
I have been an international and outdoor traveler for 30+ years (with long stretches of camping), and there is one tip for women that I found on the web many years ago that has saved my life - or at least my health - ever since. I didn’t see it mentioned on your site, so I wanted to share it with you and your readers.
It's a feminine hygiene thing. Ever since I first started taking long camping trips, I always was rigorous in putting on clean underwear (panties) every day and always wiped with witch hazel pads after a bowel movement, but regardless, by the time I passed the one-week point, I always ended up with some kind of problem "down there" - urinary tract infection (the worst), vaginal infection, fungal skin infection. I just didn't know how to avoid it until I found this tip. And now that California is in a drought and I've cut back showering to every few days, rather than once a day, I even use this at home now on any day when I'm not showering.
IT'S THE BIDET BOTTLE! You just use a small plastic squeeze bottle (2-3 ounces) to clean yourself up after a bowel movement. You can do this in any bathroom, in a public rest room, behind a tree or in the dirtiest outhouse you've ever encountered - and you will come out feeling fresh as a daisy.
What you need:
* 2- to 3-ounce (really small) plastic squeeze-top bottle
* small amount of soap (either a bit of a soap bar in zip lock baggie or liquid soap in another squeeze bottle)
* towel
The process:
After you have done your business and wiped with toilet paper: (For right-handers) Hold the bidet bottle in your left hand and put a small amount of soap on the fingers of your right hand. With both of your hands behind you (sitting on the toilet), spritz little bits of the water (left hand) toward your butt while washing/rubbing the area with the soap using your right hand, until you are clean and all the soap is washed off. You will be amazed how far that little 2-3 ounces of water will go. Then when you're clean in the back, switch the bidet bottle to your right hand and spritz your front parts, rubbing the area with your left hand. Dry off with the towel, and you will feel wonderful!
Since I learned this tip, I have never again had a single problem down there (15+ years)! I am so grateful to the unknown woman who posted this tip all those years ago, and I hope you will share it with your readers, so we can all be Happy Campers!
By: SS ALAVA
These are some helpful tips for the adventurous traveler. If you're traveling in Western Europe or North America you may not need all of these items, so my tip would be to research where you are going a bit before you arive. Knowing what is generally available may help you from over packing things you won't need. Also, I've heard depending on where you are traveling and the availability of ample water you should bring shampoo and conditioner bars instead of the typical liquid stuff (I know LUSH cosmetic sells them, but I'm sure other companies do as well). I've used them as a trial at home and they do take much less water to get a good lather and leave you feeling nice and clean. I plan to use them on an upcoming trip to Latin America. Not really my tip but one that seemed like good advice I plan to take. :)
By: Whitney O'Halek
The Menstrual Cup! So much better for your body and more sanitary (believe it or not) than pads and tampons--easy to use, no cramps, no smell, no mess, keep it in for 12 hours (or more) without fear of TSS. I started using it a few months ago, and I will never go back. I no longer have to dread traveling while on my period!
By: MJ Rod
In reply to <a href="https://twomonkeystravelgroup.com/tips-female-hygiene-road-backpacking-travel/#comment-1352">kea allivart</a>.
Next time you experience that, please create a cathole instead. Just imagine the diseases other people can get from your poop.
As travellers, we should always be mindful of what will be the consequences of our actions to the community we visit so as not to destruct their place and their lives.
By: JessDC
Thanks for the great tips. I always have a problem with drinking with a lot of water, especially when I am riding in a bus for a long time like 15 hours. I don't drink plenty of water because I am afraid I can't hold my wee LOL! I ended up with a little dehydrated and I hate it.
By: kea allivart
Great tips!
Think one time I ran out of baby wipes and tissue plus there is no toilet around... good thing it is in the mountains..guess what to do? Use dry leaves and find a river to unload mother nature :P
By: Rocky Travel Blog
Great tips. I am pretty good, as I am doing most of what you suggest :-) I pack lots of toilets wipes and hand sanitizers cause I am maniac about hygiene.