I wouldn’t brag too much if I were them. You know the washroom in Trainspotting? That was the typical Korean public restroom prior to the 2002 World Cup.
Public washrooms in Korea have sure as heck come a long way from what they were.
From hole-in-the-wall (so to speak) squat toilets that have existed (and never been cleaned) from the beginning of time, off of a sidewalk with nothing but a loose door for privacy—to the latest-generation rest stop washrooms along Route 1 that are so clean you could practically eat off the floor (not that I’d recommend that).
This is a propos of nothing, but speaking of bus terminals in Gyeongbuk, my favourite bus station type thing is the 70s-pink-and-orange sign in the Gyeongju Sioe bus terminal for the 나그네 다실 downstairs. Never gone down there and the name (”Travellers’ Tearoom”) sounds pretty prosaic in English, but there’s something intriguingly evocative about it….
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Cottaging?
I have to relearn how to squat?
Anyway, puts hallyu back where it belongs.
I wouldn’t brag too much if I were them. You know the washroom in Trainspotting? That was the typical Korean public restroom prior to the 2002 World Cup.
Public washrooms in Korea have sure as heck come a long way from what they were.
From hole-in-the-wall (so to speak) squat toilets that have existed (and never been cleaned) from the beginning of time, off of a sidewalk with nothing but a loose door for privacy—to the latest-generation rest stop washrooms along Route 1 that are so clean you could practically eat off the floor (not that I’d recommend that).
This is a propos of nothing, but speaking of bus terminals in Gyeongbuk, my favourite bus station type thing is the 70s-pink-and-orange sign in the Gyeongju Sioe bus terminal for the 나그네 다실 downstairs. Never gone down there and the name (”Travellers’ Tearoom”) sounds pretty prosaic in English, but there’s something intriguingly evocative about it….
sewing,
Go to any provincial town to see that you can’t hold Seoul as the standard…especially not when it comes to public restrooms.