Here I Sat
Thursday, 22 March 2007
Here I Sat (or squatted)
Pictures of hotel rooms often show the luxurious bed, the stylish furniture or the stunning view out the window. Or alternatively the lumpy bed, the crumbling furniture and a close up view of an adjacent wall. Either way that important secondary room with its throne (or hole in the floor) doesn’t get photographed so often. So here are 12 interesting places I’ve sat (or squatted) in the last 12 months.
Prince Charles also sat here – Buff Room, Crom Castle, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Prince Charles used this same room (and toilet) when he stayed at the castle.
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Aid workers squatted here –AAI House, Far Kahuta, Kashmir, Pakistan – Squat-style toilet in Australian Aid International’s house in the zone of the 2005 earthquake. Maureen and I stayed here in February 2006.
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Environmentally sound – Kia Ora Hut, Overland Track, Tasmania, Australia
In one of the Cradle Huts along Tasmania’s week long Overland Track walk.
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Toilet-with-a-garden – Banyan Tree Phuket, Thailand – In the luxurious Banyan Tree Resort on the island of Phuket.
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Victorian polish – The Rookery, Clerkenwell, London, England – Highly polished brass in this Victorian era toilet in the classy Rookery Hotel in London.
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All purpose – Balkar Otel, Diyarbakir, Turkey –
Another of those toilets where you can rest your chin on the sink and have a shower at the same time. I was on my way to Iraq from eastern Turkey when I stayed here.
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Style, style, style – Malmaison Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cutting edge bathroom fashion in the Belfast branch of this trendy boutique hotel chain.
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Free Internet – Marco Polo Hotel, Herat, Afghanistan
The toilets may be squat-style but this hotel does offer free internet connections.
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Modern Five Star – Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong – All the modern conveniences including a telephone close to hand.
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In the wilds – Du Cane Hut, Overland Track, Tasmania, Australia
An open air long drop beside this classic Australian walking track.
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Italian modern – Santo Stefano Hotel, Turin, Italy – All mod cons in this very stylish new NH Hotel in the centre of Turin.
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More Italian modern – Il Guelfo Bianco, Florence, Italy
Another stylishly modern Italian hotel.
