Sidenote: we encountered a great variety of squatters yesterday and I am proud to say I had the privilege of using each and every one of them successfully! Let me tell you about the variety of squatters you may encounter if you ever travel to Asia:
-the ghetto squatter: This is the most common form of squatter. Flies in the stall, door won't stay closed, no flushing, no sinks to wash up outside, and of course.. BYOTP (Bring Your Own Toilet Paper). Hold your breath before you enter these bad boys.
-the elegant squatter: If you run into one of these you should be thrilled! They're a rare specimen indeed. The elegant squatters are not only clean - a treat in and of itself, they also flush (If you need to go #2 this is the place!), at least 70% of elegant squatter doors stay closed, they usually have sinks-though not always soap, and sometimes, in the extra exsquisite ones, they have toilet paper!
-the canal squatter: Careful when you step into these, there's not just a little hole...half the floor is missing! Canal squatters require several stalls lined up in a row to function properly. There's a little ditch running underneath all the stalls that you straddle as you squat. The ditch we ran into yesterday was like a foot and a half wide though, talk about a challenge! Everyone's pee is just running through the canal trying to make it's exit while you're trying to take a leakyleakyleioleio. I recommend these only for the expert squatter.
-the a-little-too-exposed squatter: Similar to the ghetto squatter, only with a large window on one wall. Personally, I'm not a fan.
and here for your viewing pleasure, is a video some of the girls made on squatters and proper squatting techniques!:
