Comments on: World Wide Weird Travel Toilets

By: Rutiger Gustufson

Rutiger Gustufson — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:04:49 +0000

Any toilet with an automated voice and the ability to play a choppy, elevator-esque version of Burt Bacharach’s “What the World Needs Now is Love” would often be too much for me. But being that I hadn’t showered in days, and since I had no other place to wash my despicable self, I endured this mockery of an otherwise classic song that was introduced to me all those years back from that Austin Powers movie. New Zealand is the place to find these seemingly mythical “super-loos,” and I urge you to try at once to find this fecal utopia that is currently unoccupied and awaiting your excrement. No douches, no bidet, simply a singing toilet, an automatic sink and an disembodied, mechanical voice instructing you on how to operate such a contraption. All in all, a recipe for hours of fun.

By: B&B Blackpool

B&B Blackpool — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:24:49 +0000

I think my worst experience of a ‘toilet’ was the convenience on board a train I was on in Tanzania. It was simply a hole in the floor of the cubicle (you could see right through the the tracks below) with spaces for your feet to be places….. very very

By: Philippines Manila

Philippines Manila — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:13:16 +0000

Twenty years ago in Japan they had pretty high tech toilets. I can’t imagine what they have now. I worked with IBM Japan at the time and their toilets were space age. So many buttons to push. Automatic bu-day(sp), warm dryers…..the works….

By: Cheap Hotel Blackpool

Cheap Hotel Blackpool — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:45:41 +0000

You should come to Blackpool, there are some real monster toilets or conveniences as we call them here in this town.

By: charlottemarie

charlottemarie — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:24:07 +0000

Until recently I didn’t realize how important knowing about toilet customs was to traveling. One time while we were vising a winery in France the only restroom was equivalent to a closet with a light and a hole in the ground. We were traveling through Loire Valley at the time so I figured it was because of our remote location. But with upcoming trips to Germany and China, I have been warned about the advanced toilets in Germany (like the article points out) and the less advanced ones in China. It seems that besides tourist destinations in China a typical restroom will include little more than a hole in the ground, sometimes even requiring you to bring your own toilet paper!

By: Bluegreen Kirk

Bluegreen Kirk — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:59:05 +0000

Yeah here in the states they are everywhere. Some clean some not but you can easily leave to find one to you liking if the place your are at isnt up to par.

By: Mark H

Mark H — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:42:47 +0000

It is a very appropriate topic as it is one of the most talked about things on any travels to third world countries.

By: RenyBA's Terella

RenyBA's Terella — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:31:30 +0000

Interesting way to deal with a delicate subject – it’s easy for me (to say) you know; I’m a man

By: claudie

claudie — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 07:24:20 +0000

I was quite suprised to see a dush in the finnish toilets! I realised it would be nice if we had some in France too!
I realised too you can enter in a coffee place without drinking something and using the toilets when you have to do it in France!

By: GvSparx ~ Writing What The Heart Yells

GvSparx ~ Writing What The Heart Yells — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:48:40 +0000

hahahaa!!
Why those toilets have such heights
Great picture