Restroom, washroom, water closet or lavatory. What you call this room will depend on where you come from, but in most parts of the world you will be able to navigate to this room by looking for a sign that simply says ‘Toilets’. Sometimes this can be quite funny or informative in itself. Instead of describing this to you, I decided to share some pictures I’ve taken of these.
This particularly amusing sign for a men’s toilet was found in the southern African country, eSwatini (Formally Swaziland).
This one isn’t funny or informative, but I took this picture in Japan & the Japanese are known to have complex, futuristic toilets which leads to downright hysterical situations for foreigners.
I took this picture in a restroom in Indonesia; I found it interesting & slightly amusing that the establishment felt the need to place this on the mirror.
I saw this sign in China. You’ll notice the words are written in Mandarin, English & braille. You’ll also notice that the braille is different for the two languages & this is something that many people don’t know – braille is not universal.
Not a toilet sign, but definitely an association I would never have imagined existed. I saw this in Cambodia.
Tongue in cheek toilet sign I saw in Qatar.
I saw this in Malaysia & it made me giggle because it implies that tourists require special toilets or if you aren’t a tourist, sucks to be you.
Keep traveling, keep safe.
DanVenture Travels
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Is the first picture a toilet for men?
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Yes
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Who knew toilets could be such an outlet of excitement? LOL
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That’s funny….Toilets for Tourists…we should put those signs up in our city.Ha!
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Funny post! I hadn’t realized Swaziland changed its name to Eswatini. Thanks for sharing!
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Being one who travels and also has to make frequent use of the “restroom”, I’ve seen the toilets of the world. The one that stands out was in a French restaurant which was quite nice but the toilet was a hole in the ground out back. Whaat? I took a picture so people would believe me.
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Traveling in England years ago, we started collecting the squares of toilet paper from various restrooms. We swear they were just waxed paper, but one cathedral we visited actually had added little crosses on the toilet paper.
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Love it!
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So funny how different but the same the world is.
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The “Have A Nice Poop” and the African ones are hilarious 😂
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🤣
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something we all “do” but the how is always interesting, great post
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Ah this was really amusing Dan…thanks very much …gave me a much needed laugh!! – well done and keep on blogging!
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😂
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Some of these made me laugh
I didn’t know braille wasn’t universal. It should be!
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Love this. Sure beats banana leaves.
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I love your blogs – love to have a good laugh, always!
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Enjoyed this post!
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I sometimes try to find free untouristy toilets…it’s another way of exploring I spose! Nice post 🙂
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Love coming across funny (or simply unique) bathrooms. They’re like an add-on bonus 🙂
And neat fact on braille.
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toilet for tourists….hahaha….which part of Malaysia? Ipoh? Melaka? My guess is it’s to reserve it for tourists in case the neighbours keep coming to use it.
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Hi there Ivan, that picture was taken in Penang, Malaysia. I’m not sure if that helps at all? Your guess does make sense.
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Ah Penang….it figures then coz it’s one of the most visited places in Malaysia. Thanks Dan for the quirky but fun compilation.
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Admitting to a youngster’s sense of humor on occasion, the Qatar sign gave me a good giggle or two. Thanks for a the day’s first laugh!
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Your post gave us nice funny moments!!
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This is so educative and I will start taking notes at Airports and other places what I see. Thank you for this
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Some restaurants here in Texas try to be cute with their names, but I can only imagine how confusing it must be for non-English speakers..or Spanish speakers in some instances… or if you’re not paying attention. I almost walked into the men’s room of an Irish restaurant because I read “laddies” as “ladies”.
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I once did a blog just on the old reusable hand towel dispensers they put in bathrooms back in the day. Toilets are fascinating. LOL
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Worst toilet I’ve experienced in my life was in India. Still have PTSD.
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😁😁😁 very interesting post. Thanks for sharing.
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What a GREAT post topic! Had fun reading and enjoyed the pictures.
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Lol Interesting! Now we know should we visit these places, we will not be strangers to the signs.
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Funny post. Where do you live?
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ah a fun post. I am also surprised by how these washrooms across the world treat different genders.
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I love how candid they are! 😁 Thank you for my virtual tour of these sites, I enjoyed it lol
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Totally cute post 😀 😀 😀
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These are hilarious, especially the first and last ones. Thx
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Lol. The first pic says it all.
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Such a great study 👍
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Funny… But Informative. 🙂
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Thanks for the smiles!
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Great post, gave me a few giggles.
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Yes, in U.S. we say “where is the restroom?” In Europe they don’t understand what that means, because to them it means a room to rest. It’s more uncomfortable for us to say “Toilet” which is the preferred verbiage in Europe. Or water closet.
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Haha I love this!
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ROFL (not the toilet floor 😜), the Qatar signage is hilarious… I add something I saw in a London B&B
Gents: Gentlemen, stand still and aim carefully.
Ladies: Ladies, please keep seated through the performance.
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Goodness me, that is funny
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THIS IS HILARIOUS LMAO
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Wow!
So much information with good humor.
I used to think that Brail was universal.
I had a good laugh at; Have a good poop!
Lovely post really!
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what a riot! I love Japanese bathrooms!
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Okay this got me laughing 😂 and wide eyed😱. Like for real!!! Wow it’s nice to know though.
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What a good idea for a post 🙂
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Very amusing like it
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