Upon checking into a hotel, he felt like a bath and so he checked out the bathroom first. From his travels in Japan, he was acquainted with thin plastic cords that would extend across Japanese hotel bathrooms to allow guests to dry their underwear.
住進旅館，想洗個澡，先檢查浴室，根據先前日本旅遊經驗，日本飯店浴室裡那一條細細的塑膠繩子，是讓客人晾乾內衣用的。