Reef Fish wrote:
> Here was where I encountered my biggest surprise -- that a tourist
> site that is supposed to draw in excess of 10,000 tourist everyday
> would have the most primitive toilet facilities (they call it the W.C.)
You mean the self-proclaimed greatest world traveller ever has never
run into a WC????
> that are just HOLES in the ground and no toilet paper!
55555555 You've got to be kidding. That surprised you? Squat toilets
are standard in Asia and you're expected to wash yourself instead of
wiping. I thought you were the big traveller.
> Let's just say I had a few anxious moments when I encountered
> that situation, and there was absolutely no warning from the guides
> who took buses full of tourists there! I learned afterwards that the
> kind of hole in the ground toilets are quite common even in the
> major cities like Shanghai, Nanjing, and Beijing -- except in the
> modern restaurants, hotels, and airports.
Gee, you finally learned that. Imagine what you'll learn next if you
ever start to travel as much as you claim to.
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