Travels of a Wannabe Nomad
  • Home
  • About Me
  • City Guides
    • Arenal Region
    • Athens | Αθήνα
    • Ayutthaya | อาณาจักรอยุธยา
    • Bangkok | กรุงเทพมหานคร
    • Barcelona
    • Capri | Cápri
    • Chiang Mai | เชียงใหม่
    • Costa del Sol
    • Delphi | Δελφοί
    • Granada
    • Jaco | Jacó
    • Kanchanaburi | กาญจนบุรี
    • Madrid
    • Monteverde
    • Phitsanulok | พิษณุโลก
    • Pompeii
    • Rome | Roma
    • San Jose | San José
    • Tetouan | تطوان
  • My Travels
    • Italy & Greece >
      • Intro to Italy
      • Ancient Rome
      • Dessert and Discrimination in Trastevere!
      • Vatican Exploration
      • New Year’s Eve In Roma!
      • Paradise in Capri
      • Pompeii Ruins
      • Opa!
      • The Belly Button of the World
      • Everything in Moderation
      • It's All Greek to Me
      • The Jump that Almost Landed Us in Greek Prison
      • The Midnight Meal
    • Costa Rica >
      • Inside a Volcano
      • Toil and Trouble
      • La Fortuna
      • Volcanic Hot Springs
      • Coasting on Cables
      • Swimming with Piranhas
    • Thailand >
      • Jet Lag
      • Stairs of Death and the Emerald Buddha
      • The Broken-Finger Dance
      • The Squatter Toilet
      • Tuk Tuks and The Night Market
      • Topical Roofie!
      • Indiana Jones’ Bridge
      • Bridge Over the River Kwai
      • Tiger Temple
      • Dawn in the Jungle
      • Elephant Ride
      • Orchid Farm
      • Thai Hills
      • Seafood on the Beach
      • Ringside Thai Kickboxing
    • Spain & Morocco >
      • Sweet Sangria
      • Wedding Crashers
      • Karma on the Madrid Metro
      • Fried Fish Fiasco
      • Moroccan Medina
      • Fieldtrip!
  • Don't Drink the Water
  • Contact Logan

The Squatter Toilet

1/1/2009

0 Comments

 
Picture
Ayutthaya is an ancient city, and we spent the morning walking around the burned and scattered ruins taking pictures and listening to the history of the place. It was then that nature called. This is where I encountered the dreaded squatter toilet. The squatter toilet (as opposed to what the Thais refer to as the “western-style toilet”) is a strange sight to those who have never seen one before, as I had been. It is a regular toilet, except that it’s only about six inches off the ground, and instead of sitting on it you are supposed to place your feet onto a plastic, ribbed area, pull your pants down, and complete your mission.

Picture

After envisioning myself falling backwards into a basin of E. coli, I decided against the standard squat, and instead hovered as best I could. My legs were killing me from climbing up the Temple of Dawn from the day before, so the hovering did not work out so well. I took a picture to remember the moment, and left the room (which I had paid to use) having to pee just as badly as I had before entering.


0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    January 2009

    Categories

    All
    Ayutthaya
    Squatter Toilet
    Thai Ruins

Tell me what you think! Logan@wannabenomad.com