Horrific! Apart from bathrooms in modern hotels in Beijing, most bathrooms are a common section without individual walls separating them. Apart from the extreme lack of hygiene, most toilets have one advantage: they are gender specific. However, the difference between men and women is indicated with a Chinese character. If there are only two characters a foreign traveller should ever learn when visiting China, these should be 'men' and 'women'. Check your travel guide or ask someone on your first day. That is: if you do not want to play the lottery. You stand a 50% chance of getting it right at the first trial!
The bathroom at the entrance to the Great Wall was the most disgusting one I've ever encountered. Although there were separate stalls, there was a trough running along the ground all throughout the facility, so everyone's business was floating along for all to see. To make things even worse, it had gotten completely stopped up - and I'm not exaggerating when I say that the stuff was quite high. I absolutely could not use that facility, as I wanted to vomit; I decided it was better to suffer in agony instead of staying there for one second longer!
The toilets at the Summer Palace were absolutely atrocious for me! It stunk so bad that even if you held your breath, you still could smell the rancid stench. There was no running water, so bring plenty of wet-wipes and antibacterial hand-cleanser. Toilets are holes in the ground.
Even the washrooms in the McDonalds were filthy holes in the ground. Of course, ALWAYS bring your own paper, and try to free your hands of any bags or purses before entering, as you will need to pull up your clothing. To avoid dirty pants, roll them up
Originally posted by James506 at 2005-6-23 03:07 PM:
看CNN這則報導，感覺上去上個廁所好像去打仗一樣戰戰兢兢...
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可怕喔！除了北京現代旅館的廁所之外，一般大部分的公共廁所並沒有隔間。除了極端缺乏衛生之 ...
Originally posted by James506 at 2005-6-23 03:07 PM:
看CNN這則報導，感覺上去上個廁所好像去打仗一樣戰戰兢兢...
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可怕喔！除了北京現代旅館的廁所之外，一般大部分的公共廁所並沒有隔間。除了極端缺乏衛生之 ...
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