“toilets were holes in the ground you squat over.”
Saw a few in Japan. They are called Traditional toilets. Never saw anyone go into to use one!
There was a video about the quarantine in China. The quarantine area had long rows of bed in a large room and bathrooms with no sinks.
Recently met a woman in her late 20’s who just, about month before, moved here from China. She was darn right giddy! She couldn’t stop talking about how wonderful it was in American. As we were winding down our conversation, I put my hand of her shoulder and I said “Welcome to America. I’m glad your here.” And she started to cry.
Sometimes we forget how lucky we are.
When in China on a tour they took us up to a high mountain top, home to Buddhists. This is where I most vividly remember the nasty holes in the grounds, no water,etc. The most awful memory however that I have is while walking back to the parking lot a kitty ran up to me. The poor thing had obviously been very burnt at one time. He was missing an ear his tail was broken, his fur and skin were scarred. He meowed loudly to me most likely very hungry. Sadly I had no food, nothing at all to give him. I still feel bad about that to this day.
‘Sometimes we forget how lucky we are.’
I try every day to not forget this; and yet sometimes I fail...