During our year in Southeast Asia, I experienced my fair share of very interesting toilet situations. From the sprayer the Vietnamese use instead of toilet paper, to a hole in the ground that you pour a bucket of water into to flush, I never knew what I was going to walk into.

The worst of them all was this pay-to-use location at the base of Black Lady Mountain. I’m going to spare you the graphic details, but the doorless stalls, the lack of “flushing”, and the bugs crawling around (ok, so I didn’t spare you), left me with the heebie-jeebies for quite some time.


Vietnamese Bathroom

But the best of them all? Japan. Yes, I know I tout Japan’s amazingness quite often on Tall Tales Tuesday, but I’m not exaggerating. Their toilets are seriously amazing.

Heated seats, built in bidet, adjustable temperature and pressure, I’m surprised the things don’t take off. I mean, the thing had a remote control.

The remote control

And a user manual taped to the wall right beside it to ensure it’s proper use. I was a little to scared to use all the features, but marveled at all the things it could possibly do.

Japanese Toilet Directions

 RQ: What’s the best and worst toilet situation you’ve found yourself in? (Spare the graphic details please!)

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