Squatters 101
so i came to Tibet foremost to see what i was really made if. i fancy myself culturally capable. i have been involved in peace organizing that has allowed me to travel all over the world since i was 11. China has thrown me a curve ball...and i think i caught it! The toilets here are WILD! don't think I'm a red neck just because I'm talking about the bathrooms. it's just the only thing that has really freaked me out so far. They have presented themselves in very different versions.
The general public restrooms in restaurants etc. are stalls with or without full walls and with or without doors. never with toilet paper provided. they have a porcelain fixture in the ground that has foot grips and a hole that flushed. designed for basic squatting...I've learned the closer to the ground the less likely you are to pee all over your feet.
The bathroom at the Nunnery-Hot springs was by far the down fall of the day. it was a wooden room with three holes to the ground. the woman using that room had bad aim!!!!
The facilities at my home stay are rural. there is a packed mud walls. there is a huge pit that has one plank across and three short boards perpendicular to that on...so it makes a little squat perch. the room has ash from the fire to sprinkle over your business. it keeps the smell down. it's my favorite!!!!
so for all of you back in the states enjoy those western toilets!!!!!!
Anna