After reading a reference to the infamous “Frankenstein Shower” in yesterday’s Brave New Traveler post: “Do You Know What’s Crawling in Your Hostel Shower?”, I felt inclined to publish some photos of the legendary invention for anyone out there who has never had the privilege of experiencing it first hand.

The following photos come from my very own “Frankenstein Shower” here in Quito, Ecuador. In my opinion the whole mechanism, which seems to be standard throughout most of South America, is both a marvel of inventive ingenuity and an inspiring disregard to common-sense.

I can say that in the 1000+ showers I have taken in dozens of “Frankenstein Showers” I have never experienced even the slightest shock, but you never know what the future will hold!

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