Craptacular...

Reading this list over at Expat@Large made me laugh, and gave me "happy" nostalgia about my travels, particularly to Asia. Particularly my week long exchange to a school in China, where the toilet stalls didn't have doors. For some reason this horrified me much more than the ever-present squat toilets, especially when escorted to the loo by an eager student, who then proceeded to wait outside the toilet I planned to use.

I also completely relate to the preoccupation with bathroom/toilet facilities- after travelling through Asia, particularly if not staying in Western hotels, when I arrive home (or even at my home airport) it's all I can do not to lay on the floor in the bathroom stroking and kissing its glistening tiled surface. (Let's not even get started on what I'd do to the loo.)

At the other end of the bog scale, is the Frederick Hundertwasser toilet in Kawakawa, in New Zealand. Because I know you all like something to look at, here is a photo we took of it in our travels.



moi

PS. Forgive the crappy picture quality- it was 2002, after all!