One of the goals in my travels is to find humor. Since I’m a woman, slave to a pea-sized bladder and forced to use a squatting device of some kind, welcome to a regular feature: shitty washroom of the week. Pun intended.
This week?
Swift Current, Greyhound Bus Station
Look ma, no door!!! Pretty breezy washroom experience.
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@Norbert – Haha, exhibitionists!
Some people like to flaunt everything Who said they can’t have their “cup-of-tea” when in the restroom? lol
@Holgs – Neither did I. Is Paris adopting some Asian ways? Thanks for commenting!
Looks nice compared to the Eurolines bus toilets in Paris from yesterday… didn’t know they had squatt toilets in Europe, plus you had to pay 0.40 euro to use it…
@Brendan van Son – Hey, I work hard to be in your top 100. :)
Hahaha… too funny… the title of this post alone guarantees a 1 spot jump in the top100 lol
@Tom – Haha. Never a good sign. :)
No bathroom door. That’s not a good sign when you need the restroom
@ayngelina – Now you see. :)
@Sarah – You’re scaring me! LOL
At first I thought you were crazy as the walls look white but I missed the fact it didn’t have a door. That trumps all problems.
ha! ohhhhhh, just WAIT until you get to Indonesia! :)
@Nisha – Argh, this here solo gal will have to multi-task on going to the washroom and watching my stuff. I’m trying to look at it like more blog fodder!
@Sherrie – Wow. That toilet is unbelievable. It looks like a latrine at an alien camp or something! Will I get to that level, time will tell. :)
@Deborah Walker – Ooh, awkward.
@jilly – You mean squatted as long as I can. Man, I crack myself up. :)
Oh my !! I was wondering what was wrong with this ‘awesome’ toilet till I read your last line !!
@Deborah : That’s very common in Asia and being a solo traveller I always fret about it. Do you ever wonder why women go to loo in pairs ? ;) To take care of each others’ belongings.
Ahhh the joys of washrooms. I taught for 2 years in Asia, and I always thought I had come to appreciate the worse of what was on offer for toilets. And then my partner showed me pics of a toilet he used in Siberia in winter. (And all I can think is THANK the goddess that it was winter because otherwise I imagine the stench was overwhelming).
You can see the pic here, I hope it doesn’t spam me because of it, but you really must see this toilet!
http://www.journizer.com/fernweh/en/picture/5/240-keul-russland/1725?stoppage=2
The strangest washroom I ever used was one at some small town gas station in Arizona. It had doors and walls like any other washroom stall, but they were so low you could see exactly what your neighbor was doing. Quite awkward, at least here you know there isn’t a door. Looking forward to the next shitty washroom.
Not bad, actually. In Asia, I’ve been forced to used the squatty potty in a stall whose floor is covered with water (from “hosing” off) and no where to hang my bag to keep it dry.
Oooh. This begs for a reader contest sometime when you think you’ve gone as low as you can…
@James Clark – In this case, I envy your manness. :)
Great idea for a topic! Dare I say it that down the road in your travels you are going to find toilets that make this bogger look palatial. You’ll be precariously squat over a hole in the ground, dreaming about doorless Greyhound bus station toilets.
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