The people of the desert whom San Mao described bathed only once every three or four years. When they did, they not only washed the outside of their bodies, but also the inside. In the book Sahara Story, she describes how the African women washed their insides in intimate detail.
三毛筆下的沙漠人每隔三、四年才洗一次澡，不僅沐浴全身，還要清洗身體內部，在《撒哈拉沙漠》書中，她詳細地描寫了非洲女人清洗、灌腸的細節。