Well, I'll let the photo speak for itself…

shower head

As can be seen, safety first. I have been electricuted minorly by a myriad of these death traps. This one was in our hotel in Fortaleza, and the only way to shut it off without getting zapped was to get out of the shower, put rubber soled shoes on and turn the water off. The other day, I got shocked by the stream of water coming out of the side port at the base of the shower head when the little hose popped out on the one at our place in Sobradinho. The tapwater is so warm by afternoon in Sobradinho that heating the water isn't really necessary this time of year, but disconnecting or otherwise tampering with the thing is probably akin to playing with a live rattlesnake - especially given Ze Caçola's (our slumlord) Kwality wiring.