https://grrrltraveler.com A Female Solo Travel Blog | It's not a vacation until you survive it! Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:53:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://grrrltraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/favicon.gif https://grrrltraveler.com 32 32 https://grrrltraveler.com/bidet-buying-guide/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:40:42 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=76046 If you’ve traveled to Thailand, you might’ve fallen in love with their hand-held bidet sprayers—those trusty “bum guns” that leave you feeling fresh after every bathroom visit. Or maybe you’ve been to Tokyo, where the high-tech Toto Toilets pamper you with heated seats, water temperature control, and gentle air-drying features that feel more spa than toilet. Whichever camp you fall into,...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/hand-held-toilet-bidet-sprayers/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 21:46:32 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=43702 How to Use Bidet sprayer toilets in Southeast Asia (Watch video) If you’ve traveled anywhere in Southeast Asia, chances are you’ve encountered handheld bidet sprayer toilets, affectionately nicknamed “Bum Guns.” These hose-like nozzles, usually mounted beside the toilet, are used for rinsing yourself clean after you go. They’re common in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar and increasingly...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/how-to-use-asian-squat-toilets-chinese-toilet/ https://grrrltraveler.com/how-to-use-asian-squat-toilets-chinese-toilet/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:29:51 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=49469 How to Use Asian Squat Toilets #2 | A Chinese Toilet . Travel is always an adventure. Over the years, its taught me to have an open mind, while exposing me to a variety of situations, which throw me outside of my comfort zone. One of those zones happen to be toilets; hence, why I have a...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/how-to-use-asian-squat-toilets-chinese-toilet/feed/ 11 https://grrrltraveler.com/female-urinary-device-video/ https://grrrltraveler.com/female-urinary-device-video/#comments Fri, 08 May 2015 22:44:06 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=46532 Ladies, would you pee standing up? | Female Urinary Devices  (Click here for video) – Ladies, does the idea of using a squat toilet freak you out? …Is finding restrooms a challenge when you’re sightseeing or hiking? …Do you hate accidentally, sitting on an unsanitary public toilet which other women have left their splash on?...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/female-urinary-device-video/feed/ 3 https://grrrltraveler.com/how-to-use-squat-toilet/ https://grrrltraveler.com/how-to-use-squat-toilet/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:11:25 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=43907 . How good are your squatting legs? While the western throne is becoming more widespread, squat toilets still exist to haunt westerners, who have never experienced one. Did you know that two-thirds of the world still uses squat toilets?  It doesn’t hurt to be prepared.  If you’ve never used one, this video and guide will...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/how-to-use-squat-toilet/feed/ 34 https://grrrltraveler.com/toilet-camping-hi/ https://grrrltraveler.com/toilet-camping-hi/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:03:42 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=32118 Growing up on a small island in the Pacific Ocean, I've only known family camping trips at the beach. ]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/toilet-camping-hi/feed/ 3 https://grrrltraveler.com/female-urinary-device/ https://grrrltraveler.com/female-urinary-device/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:56:35 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=33494 Are you a newbie to using squat toilets? Traveling a country, where there's non-western toilets? Going hiking in the woods, where the toilet is the great wide open? Well, here's a helpful aide for my squeamish squatters...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/female-urinary-device/feed/ 33 https://grrrltraveler.com/worlds-worst-toilets-paid-public-toilet-in-dharamsala/ https://grrrltraveler.com/worlds-worst-toilets-paid-public-toilet-in-dharamsala/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:20:33 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=32615 No matter how I look at it, Indian public restrooms make me suspicious. On a positive note: at least they have them! But what about paid public restrooms?]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/worlds-worst-toilets-paid-public-toilet-in-dharamsala/feed/ 9 https://grrrltraveler.com/worlds-worst-toilets-western-vs-asian-leh-ladakh/ https://grrrltraveler.com/worlds-worst-toilets-western-vs-asian-leh-ladakh/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:39:23 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=29880 If you're a Westerner, sometimes the last thing you want to have to use is an Asian squat toilet. ...Unless the squat toilet is actually cleaner. ]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/worlds-worst-toilets-western-vs-asian-leh-ladakh/feed/ 19 https://grrrltraveler.com/worlds-worst-toilets-andong-bus-station-toilet-korea/ https://grrrltraveler.com/worlds-worst-toilets-andong-bus-station-toilet-korea/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:31:41 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=16009 Andong, why is your bus station toilet making my World's Worst Toilet list?...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/worlds-worst-toilets-andong-bus-station-toilet-korea/feed/ 18