World’s Worst Toilets: #4 An Employee Toilet, Leh, India

Last Updated on August 17, 2017 by Christine Kaaloa

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World’s Worst Toilets: An employee toilet, Leh

 

I was sightseeing the town of Leh (Ladakh), when the urge hit. I had to pee.

Don’t you just hate when the percolating pee-pot hits FULL, when you’re on the road with nowhere to go…? Well, maybe not nowhere

Public toilets? eek.  When I’m traveling, I like to avoid public toilets, which I always think will make my World’s Worst Toilets list. That’s because in general, they usually are really bad!

An employee’s toilet in Leh

I thought I’d outwit my surroundings.  I went to a well-known telecommunications store in India (whose name shall remain anonymous) and asked for their employee John. They were kind to oblige.

So I wasn’t handed a corporate bathroom key, but company toilets can’t be that bad, right?

“Ha ha! ” I thought, “A narrow escape from the horrible reeks and squatting messes of a public pot!”  I felt aglow, inwardly cackling with travel genius. I was brilliant!

The visual shock of a rudimentary dirt hole through the floor hit me

A rectangle hole cut from a soft (termite-eaten) wood floor sat alone in tiny room on the third floor of the store’s building. The hole fell to a 20 foot drop, where you could see evidence of those who’d gone before you.  The wood around the hole bowed and creaked when I straddled it.

Who needs a flush chain when you’ve got a shovel? Just throw a little dirt over your business after your done.

This was a native Ladakhi toilet and it was only the start of my using one. I am told that it gets so cold that the poo freezes and turns into manure.

Damn you India, you’re ruining all my delicate sensibilities!

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