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​Tales of Travel, LifE, and Anxiety

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Chapter Thirteen: Toilets

4/30/2020

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[The bathroom is] the fundamental zone of interaction –- on the most intimate level –-
between humans and architecture.

Rem Koolhas, 2014 Venice Biennnale Exhibition
The following is a photo gallery of all the pictures of toilets I have taken while
globetrotting, including those not mentioned in Collywobbles: Tales of Travel, Life, and Anxiety.

1982: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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The toilet in the WC in the Secret Annex, where the Franks, 
​​with the van Pels and Dr. Pffefer, hid from the Nazis. 

1993: Israel

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"Efo ha-shirutim?  The bathroom sign says "shirutem" in Hebrew.
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The bath house in Masada

1997: Sde Boker, Israel

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Bathroom at the home of Ben Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel

2002: Ephesus, Turkey

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Public toilets in Ephesus

2003: Sofia, Bulgaria

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A sign for the W.C. (water closet) in Bulgarian

2004: Matto, Japan

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Most of the squat toilets we encountered were in the schools. 

2004: Beijing, China

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Public bathrooms with squat toilets in China

2005: Barcelona, Spain

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Gaudi House Museum on Park Guell
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A bathroom in the Palau Güell, a mansion
​designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí

2005: Montgomery Center, Vermont

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The bathroom of the green room at the Phineas Swann B&B

2005: Bangkok, Thailand

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I paid ten times as much since I didn't have the right change, about $1.90.

2007: Las Vegas

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The bathroom at the Venetian Hotel

2008: Glasgow, Scotland

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In a cafe in Scotland

2010: San Simeon, California

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William Randolph Hearst's bathroom in San Simeon

2010: Over-the-Road Motor Coach Tours

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I had to start giving the "bathroom" talk: Yes to number 1, no to number 2. 

2010: Mount Vernon
Alexandria, Virginia

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The interior of one of the necessaries at Mount Vernon

2010: Gatlinburg, Tennessee

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​The bathtub in the bathroom in my room

​at the Lodge at Buckberry Creek
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The outhouse in the woods at The Lodge of Buckberry Creek. Sadly, six of the seven
buildings were destroyed in a fire on
​November 28, 2016. 
​​


2011: Morocco

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This beautiful bathroom was in a rug warehouse.


2011: Cambodia

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It cost twelve cents to use this outhouse.


2011: Vietnam

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A bathroom stop off the road in Vietnam


2012: Rockport, Maine

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The bathroom at the Lime Rock Inn, site of Susan's fall


2012: Peru

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Dinner here caused Montezuma's Revenge for many on our tour. 
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Inca toilet at Machu Picchu
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Men's room in a restaurant in Lima


2013: Capri, Italy

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The toilet and bidet in our B&B in Capri, The Capri Inn


2014: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eastern State Penitentiary

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A toilet in a cell at the Eastern State Penitentiary. I don't think my sister, Renee, is looking to use it. 

2014: Australia

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Alice Springs Train and Trail Station
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​Signs for the bathrooms in the
​Australian Outback


2014: New Zealand

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Bathroom in White Creek, close to Fox Glacier
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Gender-neutral bathroom in New Zealand
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Toilet in the Bushmans Centre
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A dunny in the backyard of a home in Reefton, New Zealand
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Unique bathroom signs in New Zealand

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2015: Washington, D.C.

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.This is the bathroom in the office of the vice president in the U.S. Capitol.
 At the time, it was Joe Biden's bathroom. I took the photo on an in-depth
tour that the school organized with their congressman. 

2015: India

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Many of the public bathrooms in India had attendants. Our guide paid for us to use the toilets. 
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The toilet in my cabin, number 6, in the OAT camp in India


2016: New Jersey Turnpike

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My dad in the family bathroom at the Grover Cleveland rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike


2017: Durham, North Carolina

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The bathrooms at the Page Road Grill, the first restaurant where I ate in my new home town of Durham 
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See-through bathrooms at the 21c Museum Hotel Durham: be sure to lock the door to make it opaque.
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The beginning of my toilet wall in my master bathroom


2018: Basel, Switzerland

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Public men's room in Basel

2018: Heidelberg, Germany

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The Royal Throne, the bathroom in the student jail at the University of Heidelberg


2019: Key West, Florida

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A woman's room in a Key West, Florida restaurant
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Bathroom in the home of Ernest Hemingway


2019: Sicily

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Bathroom in the Grand Hotel Wagner in Palermo, Sicily


2019: Alaska

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Bathroom on the train from
​Anchorage to Denali National Park
Picture
View of Denali from the bathroom stop
Picture
Dolly's bathroom in her home
​and brothel in Ketchikan
Picture
Dolly made decorative flowers out of
​silk condoms for her shower


2020: Cuba

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Bathroom in the Bar El Camaguey


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    CONTENTS

    Preface
    Chapter 1: Flying Foibles
    Chapter 2: Heights and
    ​     Enclosed Spaces

    Chapter 3: Falling
    Chapter 4: Men
    Chapter 5: Penises
    Chapter 6: Women
    Chapter 7: Lost
    Chapter 8: Pickpockets
    Chapter 9: Phantom
         Killers

    Chapter 10: Calamities
    Chapter 11: Crossing the
         Street

    Chapter 12: Illness
    Chapter 13: Toilets
    Chapter 14: Food
    Chapter 15: A Diagnosis
    Afterword
    ​The Tour Directors
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