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On the trains down to the exit to Hong Kong, it was even more difficult as the bathroom on some of the trains are a challenge. When you open the door, the first thing that you see is a fairly big hole on the floor of the mens room and looking down through the hole, all you see in the hole are the tracks rushing by and a brownish streak running down the middle of the tracks.

It is difficult to place yourself properly around this hole so that you are not placing your shoes close to the edge of the hole. One slip and you end up with one leg bouncing along the rail tracks. If you are lucky, another men's room visitor may help pull you back up but by the time you get back to your seat on the train, you are a real mess and also may have an odiferous scent.

Benefits of squat toilets on a Chinese train? May have some benefits but absolutely, not when the train is entering a sharp curve.



Holy cow George, you have my laughing my butt off! That is EXACTLY what I found while travelling by myself in Thailand a few years ago! I had no one else to laugh at the situation with me, and I swear when I tell the train/squat toilet story here, people just don't get it. But now I know you do! I just remember the train rocking back and forth, and I didn't want to touch ANYTHING in that grimey bathroom, but I needed to steady myself...oh it was hilarious. Had to be there.
Thanks George!