The staggeringly different toilets to be found abroad can confound and frustrate even the most intrepid travelers. This unique guidebook gives solid and humorous advice on using the multitudes of public facilities-from how to actually flush a high-tech toilet in Japan to etiquette when using a Chinese unisex public trench. It tackles the tough questions about dealing with dunnies in Australia and coping with the amazing spitting Russian toilet. Also included are survival tips for bidets, squat toilets, and pissoirs, as well as a brief history of toilets.