Toilet paper is for Thais to an unhygienic methods. Use for a small shower.
Our popular toilet paper but is now available almost everywhere, but it depends on the tourists. The Thais take the fortified next to the loo Popodusche.
In smaller plants also are flushing systems not yet compliant paper.
Here the toilet paper must not be thrown into the basin and is collected in waste containers.
Another hygienic improvement of locals, which we will initially Europeans often misunderstood and requires some practice, is squatting on the toilet. A Trend, of us due to the time consumption of ever higher Papierlagenstapelns on the glasses, coupled with rising pressure, has led to, to do the business in the squat over the toilet bowl, was developed in Thailand years ago.
The earlier and more often encountered Thai toilets are already laid low, So do not increase and are located in the ground.
Here one can still from the full scoop, because here is rinsed by hand with scoop cup, from the mounted next to the toilet basins.
In older toilets should not throw down the sink, the toilet paper. Therefore waste containers are available in the immediate vicinity. These toilets can also be found on the islands such as the Similan Iceland and partially still on Koh Phi Phi.