So it’s twice now I’ve managed to go into a public restroom and use the only non-western toilet in the whole bathroom. Literally, I’ve walked into a toilet… dealt with the awkwardness of a toilet on the ground… walked out of the stall to realise… hm, the stall next to me is western.
But I’ll be honest, I’m sort of glad it happened. I need a bit of roughing it up… You can’t explore abroad if you’re not willing the rough it up once in awhile… so sometimes you just need to squat and go with the flow!... Just make sure the flow doesn’t go with you…
I’ll miss those black boots.
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Hahaha amazing! You know what, we have squatty potties and western toilets in my school, and i actually prefer the squats! Everyone manages to pour water all over the western ones, so you stay nice and dry with the potties :D there are no buckets for toilet roll though..i've been working here a month and i'm still too embarrased to ask what everyone does with their loo roll if they need a number 2...! :D
I am living in Asia, but cannot deal with squat toilet at all, except in a very very very urgent moment.
Positive: it makes you spend less time in the toilet so you can have more drinking time :-)
I must have spent too much time in Asia as I am quite used to using the squat loo......not by choice but necessity!!! All I can say is girls.....you now know why those squats at the gym are SO important!!!!
I'm not too bothered by the squat toilets but I can't quite get the hang of them, I have to take one leg out of my trousers and pants to be able to do it. As for peemates I would rather just wet myself than try that again.
haha... so true!
Ha! Shewee! I've never heard of it before but I'm still laughing. I can't imagine going about a festi with one of those in my trousers I must say! Yeah Leon, that's right, using your left hand is a serious issue in some places. Turkey's the furthest east I've been but I've heard of people causing serious offence by handling fruit and stuff left handed. In Turkey when they serve drinks on public transport they wear a plastic glove on that hand. Great country though, really beautiful.
I have never been to Europe.. Asia is kind of my thing.. so after this experience I may have some new friends and a fun reason to travel to Europe. I live in the US and in the Florida. All of these festivals sound fun! :)
OK, just had to go and look this one up - www.shewee.com. Think it could be a handy tool for the loo-shy!
Haha another festival invention. Some of my female friends love them others hate... guess its a try and see thing.
If anyone is wondering just gogole it (or peemate) - It's basically a funnel so you can pee with the guys! :P
you want to get yourself a shewee!
Alix thats the whole 'dont shake hands with the left one' thing isn't it, you don't know where it's bee.... actually you do and thats the problem!
China, Japan? Haven't you ever been to Glastonbury? I agree with Leon!! You'd rather go dig a hole in the woods, trust me. In Turkey you have to carry loo roll if you can't handle washing yourself with water, and anyway, you need something to dry with. On the way out they squirt your hands with perfume. I didn't get that for a second or two, then the penny dropped - no-one else brings loo roll with them! Hm.......
Haha, I could talk about my toilet phobias all day. I'm glad I've attracted like-minded people! :)
Jane, I agree. Festival toilets are horrendous... to be fair, the toilets in China weren't really gross... (well.. there were a few places where they were) so you'll be just fine!
Hah Jane, festival porta-loos are prob the worst toilets you can possible ever use (esp near the last day) so if you can manage those your are set for anywhere in the world :)
Hmm, I started work on my public loo phobia last year by going to a 4-day festival and forcing myself out of it by having to use the porta-loos (gah!). I guess taking part in the China Internship will just take my training up a level.
I feel the squat toilet pain! Me and my travel companions got a bit obsessive about toilets in China - so much so that we were fully planning a guide book based solely on toilets - and were then gutted that such a masterpiece has already been produced :( Either way, whenever we went somewhere new one brave soul would scope out the toilets first to see what the standard was like and report back with a score out of 10.
I have to say that when I first got to Japan last August I had the same problem! Except I was in the airport.. just stared at the toilet , and had a horrified look on my face until the Japanese women should me the western one :)
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