Toilets from around the world....

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Weird question…I just finished watching this program on the Travel Channel and it showcased many, many wonderful places to visit and stay all over the world... One thing that bothered me was they said most of these places are unable to accommodate today’s luxury of flushing the toilet and its contents down the drain. They said there was a receptacle within the bathroom for the used paper products as they could not be flushed...After my initial shock and being kinda grossed out. It got me thinking…. There are several members here from around the globe. Do you have a different bathroom protocol than we do in the states? How many of you have this problem? These hotels weren’t very old places either. They were built within the last 5 years.I’m just wondering…For example… They said in China, there is not actual toilet to sit on. You actually have to squat over a hole and pray that you have good aim when you’re dropping the kids off at the pool – Yikes!

thats true in much of Korea as well, or atleast south Korea, I dont have any hook ups in Norht Korea. the nicer hotels and shit in Korea have ben upgrading the last several years and putting in plumbing but all my buddies there now ftell me whore stories errr well those too, but horror stories about the shittters in eateries and bars and the coffee shops where the whores are, about holes inteh brick with a big hole under that you squat and fill with shit. They also tellme stories about the Korean nationals stealing the john wayne toilet paper from teh army base. Lod the shit up in thier lunch bo and walk out after work. They had to start keeping the toilet paper locked up so it didnt disapear. For the record, the john wayne toilet paper is so named because its rough and tough and doesnt take any shit, its like wiping your ass iwth a piece of heavy bark from a cedar tree but doesnt smell as good.anyoe whos been in or worked on a military installation, knows exactly what im talking about.

I know here in San Diego, it's not unusual(not common but not unusual) to find a waste basket next to the toilet in some of the more common fast food places, becasue the customers from down south, are accustomed to not throw paper into the toilet and will throw their asswipes in the corner next to the toilet... thus the waste receptacle. Back in the old country, you can still find find squatters in the more rural areas. Like ThisWorld Toilets

I know in Australia the water in the toilets goes the other way then ours in the US does, like ours goes clockwise and theirs goes counter clockwise.

Duh!! Your in the Northern Hetmosphere while Australi is in the Southern. Their Westerlies flows opposite then yours!

Its just like camping!.. you press the lever and the bottom opens.. you have to put ur paper in the garbage.. i flushed it neways

There are so-called "Turkish toilets" all over France. There are cafes in Paris that have them. Same thing at a lot of highway rest areas. You watch where you walk, squat, do your business, and flush. (They do flush.)

Funny thing, follow SDP's link, scroll down a ways and it does mention atlanta georgia as a hell hole that smells of human urine and the need to teach the people there to atleast piss in the gutter so that it can be washed away.I dont know how accurate it is, but it does state it.

I realize its nto jsut you, its hotpants as well that needs to be straightend out on this, but you come off as so cocky I thought you were more deserving on the post then she who simply stated a common misconception. toilets dont give a shit what hemisphere they are in, nor do sinks, or any other houshold items that drain liquid

Thank you for posting that, it really sort of bugged me...

Ehh, I just saw it was on National Geographics so i thought it was like that.

I don't like your attitude towards my post, so don't freakin' duh me boy! Straighten up!The only reason I thougth that about the toilets, is from the Simpons episode where Bart calls Australia and they flush toiliets and stuff. So I guess not everything you see on TV is true. ??? lol

Please say you are an adult.

In reply to:"Please say you are an adult"ROLFLMFAO!!!!!! Doh! STILL Laughing.......

As a Kid, Its definately weeeeeird to hear older people say they watch cartoon, my math teacher does, its why he gives so much homowork.

If you don't have running water, the simplest toilet is a hole in the ground that you squat over. The next level of sophistication is to put a board on each side to put your feet on so you can't slip and fall in the hole. There are still many toilets like that in rural areas in the Third World.For peoples who are used to squatting, flushable squat toilets are made. These are cheaper than ones you sit on, and are very common in Asia, and also found in the cheaper places in Eastern Europe and France. They do need some care in aiming and I met several on travels where people with diarrhoea have missed the hole. I have used one in a jolting train in Eastern Europe, which took a lot of skill.The whole issue of toilet water swirling assumes that (sitting) toilets around the world will be similar to the US design, which is not true. Thomas Crapper's original WC had the water sitting in the S-bend only, and toilets in much of Europe and all of Australia follow this design. The outlet is wider than in the US design, but there is no pool of water above it, only in it. The flush water washes down from all around the rim, straight into the outlet, and there is no swirling. (This design is called the "wash-down".)The disadvantage of this design is that there is a long drop to the water, which can cause splash-back. The US design avoids this by a higher water level, but consequently uses a lot of water, and it is a problem for guys sitting if their penises happen to be unusually long. I met another solution when I lived in the Netherlands. Toilets there had a low water level, but contained a shelf in the design, on which your faeces collected without splash-back. This shelf is washed out on flushing. The disadvantage is that the smell is greater because the faeces are not in the water. (This design is called the "wash-out".)Sewage systems in some parts of the world can't cope with toilet paper, and the convention is to put it in a bin. If the bin has a lid there's no great problem. I met this in Athens. In some parts of the world, of course, toilet paper is not used (except by Western tourists). The Muslim tradition is to wash your anal area with water using your left hand. (To offer someone something with your left hand is a deadly insult.) Toilets in Cairo mechanise this with a home-made-looking cold-water copper pipe that snakes over the rim of the toilet, goes down into the bowl, then curves up to point at the right place. Since it always seems to have been retro-fitted into a standard British toilet, it isn't flushed clean properly and is always nicely encrusted with other people's faeces. In Thailand the tradition is to wash using a bowl conveniently kept floating in a larger basin of water. The more modern version is a hand-held small-nozzled shower, the sort on a hose, kept next to the toilet. In the hot climate it works very well and you don't worry about having a wet bottom.The flush toilet uses a lot of water, and water is becoming a precious resource in more and more areas. In Australia all new toilets for some years have been dual-flush, with a separate button for a half-flush after merely peeing, and maximum quantities for a half and full flush are regulated. In many areas the earth closet is the most appropriate and some people have tried to bring it back. There was a multi-storey apartment building designed (somewhere in Europe?) with earth toilets (the people on upper floors had a very long drop), but I think they lost their nerve when it was actually built.

Yeah.. my uncle in Europe had a toilet with the shelf. Yes.. it does make it smell extra bad. This toilet also had the water tank up high near the ceiling so when you flushed the long gravity drop gave the toilet a good strong flush.

I guess one day I leaned back or something and leaned gainst the pipe that lead from the tank to the toilet. Well by leaning back I guess I separated the pipe from the tank. When I pulled the long cord to flush.... I was pleasantly surprised by a good drenching from the water above. Ahhh the memories :grin:

I don't understand this "earth toilet" you described though.

An earth toilet is where there is no flush, and it just goes into a deep hole in the ground where it is naturally worked on by bacteria. You can have a sit-on box above the hole to make it a sitting toilet.

Wow, where all have you been, Ineligible???

I've travelled a bit, particularly one "grand tour" a long time ago, but mainly Europe and some of Asia.