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Toilets
In our travels around the world, we
have encountered some unusual toilets. We present pictures here for your
edification and amusement.
(You can click on the country name to take you to the
article or the picture to return to your place in an article.)
Best View
Near Ephesos, Turkey is a house where
the Virgin Mary may have lived out her last days. It is now a major attraction
for pilgrims and tourists. Its rest rooms get our vote for the best view
from the men's room. Those are trees through the opening and there is a
beautiful valley beyond. |
Corner Office
In Ephesos, Turkey the toilets provide
a "hole" new meaning for the corner office. |
New Meaning to "Public Toilets"
In Ephesos, Turkey the public toilets
were very public, no stalls, no dividers. Apparently no toilet seats either. |
"Public Toilets"
In Jaipur, India, known as the pink city, the toilets are very public and pink.
Best Art
At a truck stop in China on the road from The Three Gorges Dam to Wuhan. |
Luxury
We flew into the rain forests of Venezuela.
Our pilot had private facilities including standard toilets at each of
our camps. They even flushed, using a bucket of water. |
Bright
About two and half hours south of Ulan Baatar, Mongolia, on the road to Kharkhorin we stopped
at a gas station and found the brightest, and one of the cleanest out houses (flush toilet) we have ever
seen. |
Paper
In Mongolia, the paper is as narrow as we have seen (and it is usually in a US sized holder). We were only
in a few bathrooms in China, but the ones we noticed compromised. |
Convenient
In Japan, some of the toilets include
a built in faucet to wash your hands after you flush. |
Multifunctional
This is not a male toilet. In Turkey,
many of the toilets include more than one function. There is a separate
control for the water jet. It is not flush activated like the Japanese
toilet above. The water is not heated. |
East or West
In India we found this toilet that can be used eastern style -- note the non-skid
platforms at the side -- or western -- note the seat and cover. |
Another East or West
A friend sent a set of pictures that included this one. We looked for it on Google Photos but
the only version we found was no longer available. Any one know the source?
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Basic Training
In Japan, some "western" toilets include
instructions. |
Two Story Outhouse
We haven't actually seen this one, but it has been floating around on the
Internet for some time. Some links to pages that claim real "two story"
facilities: 2-Story Outhouses
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Houston Modern
We have been told this is a public toilet in Houston:
Now that you've seen the outside view, take a look at the inside view...
It's made entirely of one-way glass! No one can see you from the outside, but when you are inside it's like sitting in a clear glass box. Now would you...
Could YOU Use it?????
Bear in the Woods
Why can't you find this place when you need it?
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The very latest in toilets are available from
Home Decoration Trends online magazine - Trendir
A topically related Web site is The Bathroom Diaries at http://thebathroomdiaries.com/
"WHEN nature calls, even intrepid travelers prefer to make a comfortable
reply. In this spirit, the bathroom diaries.com locates clean, free
rest rooms around the world." also "KNOWING that there are a few slow moments
in even the most exotic of locales, this site features a travel essay/art
section. Feel free to submit your own works too!"
Lyon, Popanz & Forester home | LPF
Adventure | Or click on the country name in the picture to go to that
travel article.
Updated July 21, 2006
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