I tend to judge a country by the average condition of their toilets. For the most part the western world has generally above-average standards wherein we've come to expect a clean, well kept porcelain seat.
In Asia, things tend to go more to either end of the scale. The gold standard is - naturally - Japan, 90% you're almost guaranteed to enter a room so well-kept they could serve as a NASA clean room. Plus, jet sprays. At the other end, you have China, where BYOTP is the general rule of thumb, and squatties still reign.
Taipei is average at best where well-maintained public toilets are still considered a privilege when you do find one, but unfortunately not the norm.
Borneo has surprised me in the quality of their toilets - while not as technically advanced as Japan ones, their level of upkeep is definitely on-par. Most significant of all are the ones at the mountain top. Clean, tidy and with full running flush. A definite departure from a lot of mountain top toilets I've been to - even Mount Fuji.
Ohhh... Fuji toilets... *shudder*
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Thanks for your encouragement. I didn't know that you had a blog. Seems like you've been a busy boy; Are you blogging everyday? Wow.
I also didn't know that toilets were you bench mark but I know what you mean about Chinese's toilet. Some villages only have public ones - mannnn they're bad, not only the smell but the noises...., there are some things you can't forget.
Surprising toilets - Nepal's mountains at low altitude, pine needle toilets you have to squatt but they don't smell. It's only higher up where there are no pines trees that you realise what great things pine needles are!
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