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How an Indian toilet looks like

Yeap, true. Way less comfortable but I’ve heard that it eases doing the business. Never tried one though!

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  1. cenourinha
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 2:07 am

    In the Train Station where i live, the toilet is like this one…
    :P

  2. ana
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 3:06 am

    They look like that in China too. :)

  3. mlopes
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 3:10 am

    They don’t look that comfortable for reading the newspaper :-)

  4. Paulo Matos
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 10:33 am

    Also like that in some camping parks in Portugal. Check Covão da Ponte in Serra da Estrela, for an example.

  5. Pedro Cardoso
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 10:36 am

    You obviously never went camping in Portugal :) I know these as “sanitas à caçador’.

    A lot of the older parks had toilets like these. Looks messy but as there is no contact (apart from the feet), I guess it’s a lot more safe than the regular ones.

  6. Joel Calado
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 10:59 am

    Alot of camping parks in portugal use this toillet system. Its clean(er) and i like them more than the regular ones. :)

    At least for doing “my thing” at public places.

  7. Valter Nepomuceno
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 11:27 am

    The toilet of my primary school looked just like that :blerghhhh:

  8. Daniel
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Yeah reminds me of my times backpacking down Portugal’s coast. Can’t think of a camping park without those ;)

  9. Mário Gamito
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    Isto são as chamadas “cagadeiras à caçador” como havia na tropa.

    Têm a vantagem de ser muito mais higiénicas para quem se serve delas.

  10. cenourinha
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 2:38 pm

    @Pedro Cardoso… that’s the right name… eheh

  11. João
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 6:11 pm

    All public toilets should be like this. No need to touch anything.

  12. mlopes
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 6:21 pm

    Boy, I do like the old ones!

    If it’s to be a real hunter then I’d rather go uphill to some bush on the mountain and do the business there! As real hunters do :-D

  13. Sergej 'ZaZa' Kurakin
    Published at August 15th, 2007 at 10:09 pm

    Sometimes such toilets still can be found in Lithuania. Such thing where in my school in Lithuania even in 1999. Those things where left after USSR, and they where almost everywhere for ordinary work people.

  14. MN
    Published at August 16th, 2007 at 11:19 am

    Very usual in camping parks all over Portugal… ;) And yes, they do work quite well :D

  15. Artur Martins
    Published at August 16th, 2007 at 2:31 pm

    You can find it at the bus station in Braga, Portugal.
    I also found some in Cairo, Egypt.
    In Buenos Aires, Argentina I didn’t saw any yet… :-)

  16. Amit
    Published at August 16th, 2007 at 6:40 pm

    These toilets certainly make business much easier and less time consuming. The flip part is it requires a lot a water. One has to flush after every iteration of business.
    One more thing which may be surprising for the western world. One never uses ‘paper’ after the business. There is a water container or a bump shower for it. Personally I thing it is much better in terms of health and cleanliness.