A friend asked me to email him what I considered a normal toilet in my town.

This, my friends is an example of what you HAVE to get used to if and when you decide to travel rural China or Asia for that matter.

On some scales this is actually considered a GOOD toilet!

On other scales it can be viewed as being bloody terrible!

On the scale of one to ten, how bad do you really need to go?

The choice is yours!

This one belongs to my a friend of mine and is at the rear of the shop where we drink much beer. Though compared to many of the toilets I've used around Tianyang and China this toilet can be classed as good, I prefer to pay and use the public toilets up the road. They are at least cleaned several times a day.

Sometimes I feel bad and give in to the look on their faces when they raise the roller door for me. They actually can't comprehend why I would pay and go up the road a little when I have all of this at my feet!

It's slippery, it's slimey...I feel a huge need to borrow someone elses shoes when I go!

This one also comes with a shower.

On the scale of one to ten, how badly do you need a shower!

Once again, the choice is yours!