Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Don't look if you're easily disgusted.

"The Bathroom"

I have emailed this experience to some, but I guess I'll actually post it. Do not view the pictures if you are easily disgusted.

So, I went with the guys (the only 2 other people on our team here) to eat indian food last night. It was actually very good! We went by a bar afterwards to meet with a Chevron Project Manager who is in town from yet another country. Well, while there, I have to tinkle. Soooo, I go to the back of the bar, where it says "toilet". I walk out the back door and it's an open space full of junk, see picture below.

Then, I see the open door to the bathroom, surrounded by more junk, of course.


I go in there and find two doors to actual potty areas.


And then I see the potty (picture below). My first non-Western style toilet. I think i might have a heart attack, but I really have to pee. So I squat over the potty....errrr..porcelain hole and go. Luckily there is toilet paper because I have heard that there is not always toilet paper. I finish and am happy to have the experience behind me....until I walk out and realize that the cuff of my jeans is wet. Now I'm disgusted for the rest of the evening because I have no clue if it's wet from me or others on the floor....yuck, yuck, yuck.... I went home and washed the jeans all by themselves so that they would not taint any other clothes!!!!! And, no, that is not my urine in the picture below. Yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck.
Now, I know that these toilets exist, but this place was disgusting.

1 comment:

Amanda said...

I am not sure if I want to "SQUAT" in the bathroom...But good to know that they really do exist. I am going to practice, not literally, but practice squatting so when we get there, I will know how not to get pee on my pants.