Sri Lanka: Tricky — Real Adjustment Needed.
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Tricky — Real Adjustment Needed. A hand-held bidet sprayer instead of paper is common outside hotels, and squat toilets appear in some local establishments — carrying your own tissue is a genuinely good habit.
Sri Lanka: Tricky — Real Adjustment Needed. A hand-held bidet sprayer instead of paper is common outside hotels, and squat toilets appear in some local establishments — carrying your own tissue is a genuinely good habit.
Sri Lanka requires real adjustment — squat toilets and carrying your own tissue are genuinely common outside hotels and malls.
It's a good habit almost everywhere, and genuinely essential in destinations marked "tricky" here — paper isn't always provided, especially outside hotels, malls, and major tourist sites.
That's usually a sign the local plumbing can't handle paper — put used toilet paper in the bin instead of flushing it. This is a real, common norm in much of Latin America and parts of southern/eastern Europe, not a hygiene downgrade.