There is no trip to India that, at some point, does not have to consider the experience of the Indian toilet. While the one that we are used to at home is becoming more often seen here, the mainstay in any public situation is the Indian squat toilet.
This is not my picture but it illustrates the point. For men, it is often easier as long as taking a peeis your aim (pun intended). But, if you have to let go of the bowels, that is another experience. In essence, you need to squat into position an hope that your aim is ok. Now most of us Westerners have never had to think much about such things - we just sit down and let happen what needs to occur. Not here - you must contemplate your angle and the aim of your desires. If you miss, as Westerners do when they go through the learning curve, you then take the bucket and begin attempting to get the missed contents down into the toilet.
Another feature of this experience is that gravity is what causes things to go down. Thus, when you go in, it is not uncommon to see floating at the top of the hole that previous entry.
Now, on occasion, the aroma can be less than desireable - think of that childhood outhouse experience on a particularly hot day - how long could you hold your breath?
There is also no toilet paper - bring your own and do not put it down the toilet. Place it instead in a separate bucket where, at some point, the person responsible for keeping the place usable will empty the bucket. If you are lucky, you get to use the place shortly after that bucket has been emptied - if not - well I leave that to your imagination. If you forgot something with which to wipe - then you just have one option. The water that you notice at the bottom of the picture - again - I leave that to yoru imagination.
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