Monday, February 4, 2013

Commode Conundrum

Beijing, China

I have been in China for a couple of days now and while I should be painting a picture of the rich culture and delectable cuisine, instead I am choosing to write about toilets. Yes that’s right, toilets. As our journey progresses, what we take for granted at home - a commode where you can sit and read the paper on a Sunday morning – will be increasingly harder to find. These so called “Western toilets” are few are far between the further afield that you travel. It has only been a few days and I am already over the squat toilets. I suppose the novelty of perfecting the stance and successfully not peeing on my shoe each time I needed to relieve myself wore off during my last voyage. It’s sad, but I find myself getting increasingly excited each time I open the stall door and find some place to sit. Extra points if there is toilet paper. Super extra points if there is actually hand soap at the sink. 

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