About those bathrooms...

I think the biggest adjustment for us all has been the bathrooms. Spelled phonetically, the word for bathroom is "shenta bait," which is literally translated "house of urine," which should clue you in that there are no "Sanitized for Your Protection" strips across the bowl -- when there is a bowl. Sometimes you encounter a hole in the floor over which you are supposed to squat. And used toilet paper doesn't get flushed down the toilet, but goes into the waste basket. Deanna Wade has been taking pictures of all the toilets she visits and I'm sure she'll be sharing with you when she returns. I know that I'll never take an American bathroom for granted again,