You can not avoid the squat toilet if traveling long enough and off the beaten path in Asia.  You may be wondering what to do in this situation! Well for starters if you plan on using toilet paper, you need to BRING YOUR OWN.  T.P. is not provided here.  I carry around a few rolls with me and it has saved me in many situations! But remember to use sparingly.  Their plumbing is not equipped to handle paper and in fact put it in the trash (if there is one) instead of trying to get it down the hole.  Think green people! Using lots and lots of T.P. is so so wasteful anyway! At home I have a toilet integrated bidet and I love it! I know Miss Lead has one as well (much fancier than my own : ) and she loves it too! As you can see this toilet is already plugged up by foreigners! Next I recommend strong leg muscles! Depending on what your business is you may need to squat for… a few minutes? Whatever the length of time you gotta hold that pose because you don’t want to have any type of accidents here! It would be disastrous! So squat and hold! You got that? Squat and hold! Haha! Now some facilities will have running water so when you are finished go ahead and rinse everything down.  Not so bad right? BTW this is the dirtiest toilet I used in Thailand, so don’t worry, it only gets better.

Now what’s up with this San Diego! : ( Naaaaaasty!!!