So I received an email from a friend of mine who is currently living in China. She found the toilet situation to be appalling.
I had to laugh at this. Why? Here below is the evolution of my reaction to abroad toilets over time.
Japan - Wow, a sit down! (after my introduction to swatter toilets)
Thailand - Wow, it flushes! (after peeing in holes that for all I know lead to an abyss [a very smelly gross abyss])
China - Wow, toilet paper! (actually I don't think I ever saw toilet paper but this would've been my reaction had I seen it)
Vietnam - Wow, soap! (My friend actually came out of the toilet and shoved his hand under my nose. After a couple of seconds I identified the smell as soap [We used hand sanatizer least you think us gross])
Cambodia - Wow, walls! (after peeing in an "outhouse" with the structural integrity of tin foil which I learned later drained into the river)
India - Wow, a toilet! (after I asked to go to the bathroom and the man lead me to an open field and expected, seriously, that I pee there. There were people in this field).
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