toilet advice

freenote

Have you ever tried to balance on those things . If done wrong i.e to many kingfishers ,damage can be done. Ouch!!!!!!! The thought of trying to sit on (other method) that cold porcelain , oh no

torryquine

I didn't know quite what to do with one either, a dangerous appliance if you ask me

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Steve

That´s the sort of toilet, my now 9year old son had probably dreamed of, when he was between 4 and 6 years old.
He used to take all of his clothes off and balanced on the toilet seat, the way you do on eastern toilets, to do his dump!
He didn´t know about the indian way of washing your "hoohah?" !

I personally found that there´s no better way to get cleaned after a dump but using the indian method.
Wether you use sprinkler-like methods or your hand, this is the ultimative answer to the skidmark problem!

Another little secret: I take wet toilet paper with me, like other people carry a swiss army knife around.

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traceyam

Diaper wipes or "feminine cleansing cloths" work well, too. They come in individually sealed packets.

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freenote

Quote "I personally found that there´s no better way to get cleaned after a dump but using the indian method.
Wether you use sprinkler-like methods or your hand, this is the ultimative answer to the skidmark problem! " end quote
No skidmarks ,no need to take Y fronts . Less weight ,less washing ,less to worry about and more hygenic .Got to be a winner!!!!

devonlasses

Once again this is where the guys have it easy! you only have a prob when you need a dump, us girls have to deal with it when we need number 1's as well. I am quite good at holding it in for many hours (not healthy i know) and can last form hotel in morning til lunch ....a couple of days in my friend HAD to go at the camel farm in Bikaner, our first squatter so in solidarity i decided to go too (but not together) So how with a salwar kameez? this is where a mate is handy, to pass your trousies thru the door and stop them ending up in the inevitable pool of pice and shite.
Next learn to hold your breathe before entering loo. Now i can go with the idea of squatters being environmentally friendly, possibly more hygenic for your butt if you wash instead of wiping, but how can that be when there are almost always turds to negotiate your feet around? even in major tourist attractions and even in womens loos. so how and why do Indian women tolerate it? the bloody water bucket is there so what makes some people think their poo is so special that we all want to look at it?
So my advice like several other posters take a good supply of wet wipes. Also try to get the right balance between dehydration and holding on til yo uget back to your hotel! happy dumps to all

freenote

Where do the ladies go .? you see the fellers wandering of with pot,sqatting in fields etc but never the ladies .is it better control ?

Casey

I remember clinging to the pole in the toilet during a 47 hour train journey. Two days previously, I had swallowed some castor oil as I had been suffering from the opposite of Delhi belly. 10 days and nothing (is there a cute name for this problem). The last two hours found me in the squatting and thankful for the ugly mumu-type dress I was wearing. My boyfriend suggests always fully taking off you pants in the train as it is difficult to maintain your balance and keep the pants off the filth that can build up on the floor. Why is this whole topic making me nostalgic???

wonderwomanusa

A story for Seventies' Hippie:

Years ago, in Pushkar, I strolled back to town from the fairgrounds behind a small group of local women. At a certain curve in the road, the whole group squatted to pee ... so I joined them. Standing up, they caught sight of me and every one of us had a wide smile... had a good laugh together!

Freenote, I've seen women peeing off the railstation platform, and once in Connaught Place itself -- that gal didn't squat, she just put one foot on a kerb, tilted her body and held her saree away from herself... it was very discreet.

lotus blossom

i've always wondered about this. funny how unabashed the men are with peeing anywhere and everywhere!

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seventies'hippy

Yeah you can't beat that community peeing thing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Bhrigu_Lake

1) iIf water is not limited (i.e. tap has running water instead of needing to carry a bucket from outside) then flush the entire joint with bucketful to clean it.

If not then make sure to refill before locking yourself in the loo.

2) Stand with feet carefully spanning the hole with wider hole in the ground at your back. Some models have footpads on them.

3) Drop your pants (western or indian dress) so that it is bunched between the knees and hips no lower. this way you control them from getting wet from the floor. Dropping them below your knees makes the pants vulnerable to your own "spray"

4) Bunch your shirt/top/kurta so that it does not hang at the level of the hoo haah.

5) after you are done with your business, take the jug of water from the bucket in the right (if you are a righty) . Bring the jug as close between your legs as gymnastically possible and pour a steady slow strem on your left hand. Use the left hand to wipe (swipe) the hoohah in a continuous motion similar to washing face in a sinkful of water (it should be almost mechanical) . the flowing water rinses your hand for the next swipe....unitl you have no residue to rinse.

6) Wait a few seconds for water to drip. Slowly get up with your feet apart....Apart feet help you retain your pants exactly where they are....instead of fallin on wet floor. While getting up make sure to hold the bunched up shirt/top/ under your chin.

7) Pull up only your under pants so water gets soaked. All the while maintaining wider leg stance to hold pants in place.

Remember the bunched up shirt that you are holding under your chin? can drop now

8) Briefs and think boxers soak better and not leave wet spot.

9) Pull u pants.

Flush if any water if left in the bucket or tap has running water.

If practicing prior to landing, the idea is to reach for the hoohaah while squatting... Bodies that are not used to bend will have easier approach from back but balance is better in frontal assault.

It is easier to reach for the hoohaah from front if you can manage to lift your heels in the final cleaning stage. for those not used to squatting, raised heels help balancing comparred to flat footed squat.

Nick-H

Hoohhah... residue... Ah, the poetic language of an IM Toilet Thread

Nicely detailed description, Bhrigu_Lake. However, it is getting from step 4 to the ready-to-go squatting position that still leaves something to the imagination.

I know this destroys my India-Cred entirely (we had a thread about that a while ago) but no, I still haven't found myself having to use a squat toilet!

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devonlasses

Aha Nick H got a clothes peg and a cork perhaps???

Digital Drifter

Under any other circumstances, I'd have labelled this thread 'sadism'.

Ugggghhh....

Can we all agree, that enough info has been provided? & that there's no need to outdo each other in this 'knowledge sharing'. Everyone's pretty smart enough to work it out by themselves?

Please?

uggghh!

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