4: On Needing to Go

There is no toilet paper in China.

Alright, that’s not completely true, but it’s true for public toilets. I’ll have to start carrying around toilet paper or those little Kleenex packets in case of emergency. Much like Europe, you have to pay to use the toilet, but not very much.

Also, there are two kinds of toilets available in China: “Western,” the kind that we’re used to in the States, and “Asian,” or the “squat toilet.” There is an instruction manual on how to use the “squat toilet” here, but it works just as it sounds. When finished, you have to remember to throw away the toilet paper (again, self-provided), and not drop it in.

Also, I have to remember:

Chinese Character for “Woman”

and

Chinese Character for “Man”