Of Toilets, Rats and Ripoffs.

I am trying to be better about posting everyday... and since we don't do anything exciting everyday, I will post about a previous experience I had. (And get a few more pictures of Fenghuang in)

*Warning, this post is about Chinese Bathrooms. Be Prepared.* 

So Matt and I had just finished our glorious trip to Fenghuang and we were in a bus station (notorious for their hideously gross bathrooms) and I just had to go. I have never had a fear of public bathroom going until I met my first public bathroom in China (that one had piles of #2 on the ground, apparently squatting isn't too accurate). Anyways, that just tells you how much of an emergency it was that I needed to go that I was willing to use a bus station bathroom. I had to search around for a bit until I found the bathroom, and then there was a woman blocking the door. No free toilet for me! I had to go get some money from Matt, and when I got back, the lady was smacking something off the wall, out of my sight and a second later a rat runs away from said wall. Right through the middle of the waiting room of the bus station. 'Weird' I thought, as I handed the lady my money. I proceeded into the bathroom to find that the stalls did not have doors on them. 'Hmm, interesting' I thought. I went into the last stall, and saw the trench they call a toilet. 'Wonderful' I thought, and just as I was about to squat over said trench, a rat runs right underneath me through the toilet. 

I think my first week here, this would have been a 'calling it quits' moment. Now, being a 3 month veteran, I just shrug, take care of my business and think of what a great story this will be. 

Okay folks, what is your best public bathroom story?