About the (lack of) toilet seats – yes, it’s totally crazy. I stayed at a place on Koh Lipe that had two toilets, both western-style bowls with no seat. Every time I balanced up there I was so scared that my foot was going to slip and end up on the inside. Thank God that never happened, but really, I would have much preferred a hole in the ground. Why have a bowl if you’re not going to have a seat?