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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| Sadly enough one of my writing students wrote an article praising Korea's legendary public washrooms. I had to break the news that the washrooms really are medieval still, and this student was very upset. |
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mole

Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Act III
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: |
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However, Suwon built brand new awesome public restrooms all over the city. And they keep them maintained well.
There's even a tour bus with English on the side.. Suwon's beautiful bathroom tour. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:53 am Post subject: |
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| mole wrote: |
| Suwon's beautiful bathroom tour. |
Yes, I have a reservation for tomorrow's tour. I'm loading up on the fiber as we speak. I can't wait! |
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mole

Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Act III
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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I Googled 'Suwon beautiful and found this page.. here's the quote.
"World Cup visitors are being wowed by the most beautiful toilets in the world. Imagine hearing strains of Vivaldi's Four Seasons float through the perfumed air, poetry and framed landscapes adorn the pristine walls and the windows offer panoramic views of the city skyline. Welcome to Fine View Toilet - one of about 30 institutions designated as a Beautiful Toilet by the city fathers of Suwon, Korea, a city hosting some of the World Cup games. The Suwon World Cup Guide declares "The public toilets of Suwon City turn into the most clean and comfortable places of speculation and rest, display, rendezvous, recreation of energy in the world." The guide devotes a section to "A City with the most beautiful public toilets in the world." It comes with photos of the city's best restrooms. Three restrooms are included on all guided city bus tours. Suwon's Beautiful Toilet campaign was initiated in 1997 when the city knew it would host some of the games. A tour of Suwon is the highlight of the World Toilet Organizations Congress later this year." |
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jvalmer

Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't know where some of you guys are from, but I'd have to say Korean public restrooms are on average much cleaner than in Canada. However, there are negatives, like no soap or the shared bar soap and very often no paper towels. |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:12 am Post subject: |
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| davai! wrote: |
In Taiwan, I once used a squat toilet on a bus moving through city traffic
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And the funny thing is they convert what is or used to be the luggage compartment underneath into a toilet. You almost have to crawl to the toilet in a space of just over a meter. You have to worry more about hitting your head than uh..making a mess of things. |
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