{"id":3403,"date":"2014-10-13T09:55:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T09:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hostelworld.com\/?p=3403"},"modified":"2014-10-13T09:55:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T09:55:33","slug":"pooping-abroad-how-to-find-the-cleanest-toilets-when-youre-travelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/pooping-abroad-how-to-find-the-cleanest-toilets-when-youre-travelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Pooping Abroad: How to Find the Cleanest Toilets When You\u2019re Travelling"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pooping<\/p>\n

\n

Toilets on mt. Kenya. Image:\u00a0SuSanA Secretariat<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The first time I got up close and personal with a squat toilet, I was in Delhi Airport on a stopover, waiting to board a flight to Thailand. I hadn\u2019t thought about the loo situation on my upcoming island-hopping trip – but now confronted with an alien, vacuum-moulded plastic bowl in the floor, I couldn’t ignore it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, this<\/em> is going to be weird,\u201d I thought as I hunkered down, putting severely under-used thigh muscles to work.<\/p>\n

\"Squatter<\/p>\n

For the uninitiated, this is what a squatter looks like. Image:\u00a0<\/em><\/a>Josh Evnin<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Turns out, squatting was the least of my worries when I got to Thailand.<\/p>\n

I got used to the crouching balancing act, but\u00a0not<\/em> the dramatic changes in hygiene levels in Thai loos \u2013 you could pee in a shiny-floored palace like the bathroom at Bangkok’s Lebua Tower bar (where there were western sitters), then find yourself hovering over an acrid-smelling hole in a cafe bar\u00a0down the road, eyes fixed ahead so as not to focus on\u00a0the thick spiders\u2019 webs above. There’d be water hoses instead of loo roll and, confusingly, always a sink but usually not soap. I got in the habit of bringing my own paper and hand sanitising gel.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine, Zoe L, was even more wigged out by the toilet extremes when she began\u00a0a trip through\u00a0China and South East Asia. She would only use a public bathroom after sending in a friend to scout it out, who\u2019d deliver a\u00a0rating on a scale of one to five back to her.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe most memorable [experiences] are the awful times,\u201d\u00a0she told me later as we compared toilet war stories,\u00a0\u201clike when you look up and there\u2019s a frog watching you pee, or you see next door\u2019s \u2018number two\u2019 float down a\u00a0latrine that runs under the all the stalls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which brings me to my point: we’re all\u00a0paranoid about poo.<\/p>\n

\"Toilets<\/p>\n

Public toilets in Jiashan, China. Image:\u00a0hellomatt<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s down to germ concerns, squeamishness or our own, culturally-ingrained sense of what’s normal, we carry baggage when we enter a bathroom. So when travel forces us out of our toilet comfort zone, we react with fear. It\u2019s a part of the adventure we could do without.<\/p>\n

One thing’s certain, though: when you gotta go, you gotta go – so as a traveller you’ll quickly discover how toilet types and sanitation standards wildly change between different\u00a0cultures, regions\u00a0and organisations.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s up to you to be prepared for this, rather than panicky. Arm yourself with these tactics for finding clean bathrooms and surviving bad ones, and pooping abroad will become a far more deal-able ordeal\u2026<\/p>\n

1. Know which bathrooms are likely to be cleanest\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Not all public bathrooms are maintained the same. Look for places that have a motivation to impress their high-spending customers and keep them coming back. In any city, these will be luxury and mid-range chain hotels (there will usually be a public toilet off the lobby), restaurants with nice table linen and department stores that stock designer brands.<\/p>\n

\"Daimaru<\/p>\n

Toilets at\u00a0<\/em>Daimaru Department Store<\/em><\/a>, Tokyo. Image c. Daimaru<\/em><\/p>\n

Due to corporate standards, you can also rely on a frequently-cleaned bathroom in mid-price chain restaurants. Art galleries and museums tend to have well-maintained toilets too, probably because the special-interest nature of visiting means there’s less footfall – plus, it fits with their aesthetic to keep things clean.<\/p>\n

Beware places that are popular for families with kids like arcades and fast food restaurants \u2013 the bathroom gets messier quicker because it has a lot of footfall, and cleaning maintenance might be sporadic. Ditto coffee chains and smaller cafes, where there can be a lag between cleaning slots.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0this is still all relative to how desperate you are: I’ve certainly never turned my nose up at McDonald’s, and\u00a0travellers in places like India and China, where there’s a huge extreme between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ toilets in Western eyes,\u00a0say it’s a veritable godsend.<\/p>\n

\"Bathroom\"<\/p>\n

Image:\u00a0Terry Johnston<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

On the other end of the scale, places in high footfall areas where there’s no profit-related need to\u00a0impress you are much less reliable for hygiene and security: think bathrooms for \u2018mass transit\u2019 routes, eg bus stations, truck stops or ferry ports, and\u00a0outdoor recreation spots like parks and beaches.<\/p>\n

This isn’t to say these places will<\/em> be bad but, depending on the area, they\u00a0could be.<\/p>\n

\"Beach<\/p>\n

Image:\u00a0JP Carrascal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2. Bring survival equipment<\/strong><\/h3>\n

So what do you do when you\u2019re desperate, there are no other loo options and facilities are less than stellar? Reach for your survival kit.<\/p>\n

You should have toilet paper ready in your pocket, as well as hand sanitizer gel and bottled water in case there\u2019s no sink or soap. Dab some Tiger Balm under your nose to mask bad smells and combat nausea. If you can plan ahead that far, wear shoes that cover your whole foot, rather than flip-flops: they make you feel more protected if the floor’s grimy.<\/p>\n

\"NO<\/p>\n

Image:\u00a0m01229<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

3. If there\u2019s no privacy\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Western culture is set up on pretending bodily functions don\u2019t exist. Public toilets without any doors on the stalls, or even stalls at all, are pretty much unthinkable. However, bathrooms without cubicle doors, or without stalls at all do exist in some countries, notably China.<\/p>\n

In India, there are\u00a0cases of open fields being used as public bathrooms<\/a>\u00a0(though I stress that while this is a huge sanitation issue for locals in rural areas, it isn’t the norm faced by most travellers, who tend to stick to cities and Westerner-focussed places like Goa).<\/p>\n

This is a real shock to anyone who hasn’t grown up using the bathroom this way. The best way\u00a0to avoid them is to plan your bathroom breaks carefully using the guide in point one.<\/p>\n

\"China<\/p>\n

An open-stall toilet in China. Image:\u00a0Conortje<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

4. There\u2019s an app for that<\/strong><\/h3>\n

App-makers have valiantly tried to solve the problem of finding your nearest clean toilet. The free Sit or Squat<\/a> maps user-rated toilets in your neighbourhood, and tells you whether they\u2019re, well, sitters or squatters. Find Toilets<\/a> is also free, maps the toilets nearby\u00a0and gives you directions to them. However, these apps can\u00a0lack thorough, or up-to-date information depending on the area.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t want to download an app, you\u00a0can always create a DIY map with\u00a0Google Maps. Before leaving for the day, save locations of local fancy hotels, museums etc, and save the map\u00a0for offline use by typing \u2018ok maps\u2019 in the bar at the top.<\/p>\n

Still feeling nervy? Well, just know that ultimately, necessity will trump paranoia. Once you go through a few rough loos, the experience\u00a0gets less awful\u00a0– even for someone with their own scale….<\/p>\n

\u201cI stopped drinking water so I didn’t have to use the loos,” says Zoe of her most extreme toilet-avoiding tactics. “But soon realised that I couldn\u2019t keep that up for long, and my kidneys started to hurt so I decided to get over it. There were situations where I just had<\/em> to go, like if we were out drinking.<\/p>\n

“By the end of the trip, nothing could phase me.\u201d<\/p>\n

A heartwarming tale we can all be inspired by.<\/p>\n

Which countries have the best public toilets, and have you any tips for ‘going’ on the road? Tell us in the comments…<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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