Chinese Toilets

I know that some of you might be interested in knowing about the toilets; well, at least I was curious.  I had heard some of the horror stories so I managed to snap a photo or two to share.

Our Beijing hotel was in a hutong area of the city, which meant the old section of the city, where thousands of years ago, the court ministers and their families may have lived.  Nowadays, not everyone has private toilet facilities, so on each lane/alley/street of a hutong, you will find a public facility.  This is a photo of the toilets.  There was one Western toilet too, which I noticed was very handy for the elderly people that I saw who visited this place.  These are all flush toilets and yes, you do have to provide your own TP!