Between August and December of 2012, I traveled from the United States to six different countries. Before I left, several people asked, “what will the toilets be like where you’re going?”
I decided to let you all see for yourselves. These are the toilets I used around the world:
Boston, MA, USA
Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland
Copenhagen, Denmark (public toilet)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
Klampenborg, Denmark
Malmo, Sweden
Malmo, Sweden
Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
Kigali, Rwanda
Gitarama, Rwanda
Gitarama, Rwanda
Nyagatare, Rwanda
Kibuye, Rwanda
Musanze, Rwanda
Gisenyi Rwanda (This one I couldn’t do)
Gisenyi, Rwanda
Jinja, Uganda
Jinga, Uganda (The Nile River)
New York City, NY, USA
Rochester, NY, USA (Automatic lighting in each stall)
Which one would you like to try?
I like the bright red seat in Denmark. I can’t say it would ever have occurred to me to take pictures of toilets. It does remind me of the time I was in a castle in the mountains of Austria. There was a sign in the bathroom that said (in 4 languages), “Do not flush sanitary napkins.” Being a 19-year-old American guy, I figured that “sanitary napkin” was a funny translation for toilet paper. So, I put my toilet paper in the trash can. I feel sorry for whoever had to take that trash out.
Um, what did you eat in Reykjavik that had you in the bathroom so much?
Not surprised about the Nile….
Great post! Even though public toilets scare me, I still enjoyed the royal tour!
I like to have a bit of diversity in my toilets as well.
Haha, I enjoyed looking at the public toilets around the world. I thought our public toilets were the scariest.
Gotta’ love a squatty potty…
For a person with a digestive disorder – you have posted the most important feature of visiting anywhere on the planet. I have officially removed Rwanda from my “to visit” list.