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I saved one of the best things about China for the end-half of the countdown. This is a squatter. This is what the Chinese people "do their business" in. This has been the hardest thing that I've had to overcome in China BY FAR! These Chinese people are great at it though. They can squat all the way down and still keep their heels planted firmly on the ground... sheer talent. I know this because sometimes they just go in the streets.
My favorite memory with a squatter was on our way to San Ya. Our bus stopped at a "rest stop" for a few minutes and I went to go use the restroom. You had to pay one yuan to get into the bathroom. Right when I walked in I saw that there were no stalls at all, not even dividers. They was just a trough thing, like what the pigs eat out of, that you squatted over and did your business, then it was carried away in the current of waste. I walked in, then I walked out. I pretty much paid one yuan to witness the grossest squatters in the world.

Love always, Mandy