I just had probably the worst toilet experience of my life! and this beats Cuba... My first time using a "squatter" was not by choice, however on a 20 hour train journey there is no other option.
I had what I thought was a safe lunch - fried rice with vegetables from a supermarket - although by the time I strapped on my bag and began my hour and a half trek to the train station, my belly was starting to turn.... I hesitated going in the station because I can't leave my bags alone and I could smell the washrooms passing by.
So by the time I got on the train I really had to go, luckily I had a stash of toilet paper in my pocket for such emergencies... So a squatter is basically a sunken toilet bowl in the floor, which has feet grippers on the sides for you to squat overtop of. Being a girl this is really difficult as I am not used to "aiming" especially not with number two! So i did my best and then had to figure out how to flush? The only other thing than the hole was a bucket occupying half of the tiny space, so i dumped it all over the floor! That's when I found the magic button to open the valve and the worst was over.
Its a good thing I travel with lots of soap and napkins since there is no hope on chinese trains for these luxuries. By the end of the trip, the room was a slosh bucket of nastiness and I was just glad that I got there first!
unfortunately by the time I am publishing this I am now an expert squatter and have seen much worse!
I had what I thought was a safe lunch - fried rice with vegetables from a supermarket - although by the time I strapped on my bag and began my hour and a half trek to the train station, my belly was starting to turn.... I hesitated going in the station because I can't leave my bags alone and I could smell the washrooms passing by.
So by the time I got on the train I really had to go, luckily I had a stash of toilet paper in my pocket for such emergencies... So a squatter is basically a sunken toilet bowl in the floor, which has feet grippers on the sides for you to squat overtop of. Being a girl this is really difficult as I am not used to "aiming" especially not with number two! So i did my best and then had to figure out how to flush? The only other thing than the hole was a bucket occupying half of the tiny space, so i dumped it all over the floor! That's when I found the magic button to open the valve and the worst was over.
Its a good thing I travel with lots of soap and napkins since there is no hope on chinese trains for these luxuries. By the end of the trip, the room was a slosh bucket of nastiness and I was just glad that I got there first!
unfortunately by the time I am publishing this I am now an expert squatter and have seen much worse!
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