Night Markets, Thai Toilets and Bathroom Anxiety

[Yagoda]

6 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

TBH, you do need to be a bit careful with which brand of those wipes you use. A lot of them have too many chemicals in them, which can irritate sensitive bungholio skin. But they are great for cleaning off the toilet seat and the toilet hose before you get down to business pushing out loafs. There are a few brands of the wipes though that contain pretty much nothing but water. Those are probably best. 

Prep H is very mild. Witch Hazel.

[RSD1]

2 minutes ago, simon43 said:

I'm a scientist - I'm well-aware of how flies digest their food 🙂  I seem to have survived so far!

Ewww...

[RSD1]

5 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

You do that? No public toilets for me... what if someone throws a cat on you? 

Getting pus*y while you're taking a dump. That's pretty kinky. But I guess if you pay enough then anything seems possible. 

[Will B Good]

 

 

"Stadium bag"...problem solved.

[RSD1]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Squat toilets are one of my least favorite things on the entire planet, as we get older our knees aren't what they once were. These toilets are just horrendous, when you factor in the lack of a proper hose and the lack of toilet paper it's not a very pleasant situation. Plus there's usually no place to hang your shorts so they end up getting wet and the whole thing is just one big mess. Yikes. 

Put your shorts over your head for safe keeping. But unless your balls are pressed up against the canal part of the squat toilet then you aren't doing it right.  

[RSD1]

9 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Prep H is very mild. Witch Hazel.

A dollop of that thick Nivea creme in the blue tins is soothing too after you have dropped the kids off at the pool. 
 

 

[Yagoda]

9 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

Put your shorts over your head for safe keeping. But unless your balls are pressed up against the canal part of the squat toilet then you aren't doing it right.  

I haven gotten that low in 20 years.

 

Try a squat with the squirts and a walking stick.

[RSD1]

10 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

I haven gotten that low in 20 years.

 

Try a squat with the squirts and a walking stick.

No need to get so low. Just grow your nads out a bit more. Then pretty soon you'll be doing the porcelain slide too. 
 

[Yagoda]

9 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

No need to get so low. Just grow your nads out a bit more. Then pretty soon you'll be doing to porcelain slide too. 

I would but I havent seen them in 20 years either. Even when I hike up the portable food storage unit

[connda]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Squat toilets are one of my least favorite things on the entire planet, as we get older our knees aren't what they once were.

Even Thais hate squat toilets.  Older Thais can't use them.  My Thai wife can't stand them, or to be more accurate, can't squat them. 

[NowNow]

2 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

You think too much.

Reminds me of our British friend a couple of months back.

No qualms at all. 
 

 

 

He isn't British. No need to Troll on a light hearted thread such as this.

[NoDisplayName]

6 hours ago, 123Stodg said:

Privacy? Forget it. A lot of times, there’s barely much of a secure door.

 

You're actually in third world outhouse heaven.

 

Try a long-distance bus trip in rural China!  Imagine being on a 48-trip, eating greasy slop at bus service contracted roadside gas station diners, and feeling the urgent need to visit the facilities.

 

Your only option is a filthy concrete hut with open windows, a 2-meter long trench with no partitions, a water tank on the wall that dumps 20 liters of water into the trench at 20-minute intervals.

 

You walk in, the only foreigner, and try to squeeze into the line of unwashed locals squatting cheek-to-cheek, smoking $1/pack cigarettes, who were intently playing fruit ninja on their cellphones, but now have you as the prime form of entertainment.

 

Halfway through you realize you forgot to bring tissues............

 

Night market latrines don't sound so bad now, do they?

[RSD1]

1 hour ago, NoDisplayName said:

Your only option is a filthy concrete hut with open windows, a 2-meter long trench with no partitions, a water tank on the wall that dumps 20 liters of water into the trench at 20-minute intervals.

 

You walk in, the only foreigner, and try to squeeze into the line of unwashed locals squatting cheek-to-cheek, smoking $1/pack cigarettes, who were intently playing fruit ninja on their cellphones, but now have you as the prime form of entertainment.

Color printed 8X10 glossy photos with circles and arrows on each one or it didn't happen!

[Chris Daley]

If I was in England I would just crap myself wherever I am standing.  If a Stagecoach Bus isn't soaked in urine it's not a Stagecoach Bus.  But in Thailand I try to put on the airs and graces.

[RSD1]

9 minutes ago, Chris Daley said:

If I was in England I would just crap myself wherever I am standing.  If a Stagecoach Bus isn't soaked in urine it's not a Stagecoach Bus.  But in Thailand I try to put on the airs and graces.

Note to self: Never travel with this guy unless he is carrying a clean set of his adult diapers for a quick change on the fly. 

[NoDisplayName]

3 hours ago, RSD1 said:

Color printed 8X10 glossy photos with circles and arrows on each one or it didn't happen!

 

Will you accept a couple photos of the toilets on the platform of the Yangon rail station?

 

Happy dreams!

 

 

[Middle Aged Grouch]

Squat toilettes never again for me since many years back I was laying my stuff and did not see half of it falling into my boxer shorts pulled half way down. Never again.

[Patong2021]

 

16 hours ago, simon43 said:

There is nothing wrong eating food from a Thai stall that is frequented by Thais and is popular - the food is freshly-cooked and the locals wouldn't eat there if they were getting sick.  In 22+ years of eating food in south-east Asia, I have NEVER got sick....  I just use common-sense and avoid stalls with zero customers.

 

As for the OP's toilet problem, stop eating chili peppers if they have that effect on you!  jeez - it's not rocket science....

 

Ok, so freshly cooked. What of the ingredients that have been sitting out in the hot ambient temperature for hours, exposed to the air pullution and flies. The utensils are rarely properly washed.

 

14 hours ago, simon43 said:

If Thais can eat it and don't get sick, then so can I!  The problem with 'city folk' is that they have weak immune systems.  A bit of fly poop never harmed country folk.

 

Thanks to my dear old mum's atrocious cooking and total lack of culinary hygiene, my digestive system is like cast iron.....

 

Thais do become ill and it is a regular occurrence and under reported. For someone claiming to be a scientist, please behave like one.  Please start here;   Food poisoning outbreak in Thailand: A review on situations, December 2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 5(Sup 1):S187-S189      DOI:10.1016/S2222-1808(15)60887-8

 

The Thai Ministry of Health used to publish a weekly Disease Forecast. It would highlight disease outbreaks including food poisonings. It stopped in 2021. Reminds me of when the  issue of water pollution at Thailand tourist beaches became a concern. Thailand stopped testing and publishing water quality reports for tourist beaches.

 

 

[RSD1]

7 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Will you accept a couple photos of the toilets on the platform of the Yangon rail station?

 

Happy dreams!

 

 

Trump would be envious.

[JimTripper]

I can't remember ever having a toilet issue in Thailand. I can afford to get a coffee anywhere and use the Jon.