What are the rules when you go to the bathroom in another country?
· Is there anything you should bring?
· What does it cost?
· Are you expected to clean up after yourself?
· And what is that smell?
These are all questions that will be answered in full when you start reading about bathrooms around the world.
In Cuba,
You Have To Bring Your Own Toilet Paper
Photo: Pinterest
While Cuba has finally opened up for tourism, it hasn't yet made the amount of money that allows for a crazy amount of paper products to be readily available. So, do bring the toilet paper with you when traveling there.
In France
Outdoor Toilets Used To Be Works Of Art
Photo: Charles Marville/Wikimedia Commons
Nineteenth-Century photographer Charles Marville documented street life in Paris throughout the 1860s and '70s, which meant capturing the architectural beauty of Parisian outdoor bathrooms, or pissoirs. At the peak of the outdoor bathrooms, there were over 1,200 in Paris, but that number has dwindled to one on Boulevard Arago.
In Japan
Make Sure You Face The Right Way On The Toilets
Illustration: Pinterest
In Kyoto especially, tourists have been making a mess of the city's pristine toilets. One of the biggest problems is that people are squatting over the toilets backward, which is leaving a huge, smelly mess. In 2015 the workers of Kyoto began posting stickers across the city to make sure that the influx of visitors would understand how to correctly use their facilities.
Illustration: Pinterest
Please Don't Flush Toilet Paper In Mexico
Photo: via Latitude 43
It's important to remember that while many places have incredibly modern plumbing systems that can handle pretty much whatever gets thrown at it, there are a lot of countries where this luxury is not available.
For instance, in Mexico, it's completely against the rules of bathroom politeness to flush toilet paper. The lack of a modern sewage system in Mexico means that it's harder to filter out toilet paper if it makes it into the toilet, and the pipes themselves might not be able to handle the excess material. You could clog up wherever it is that you're going to the bathroom if you're not careful.
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