Open Pit

Gee, you are in favor of all kinds of toilets arent you

Oh no! I was afraid someone would think that of me. I had purposely not posted this photo or the others for many reasons, including that this one in particular is a little disgusting, and I knew they wouldn't be chose for Google Earth. But another user saw the couple I did post and asked that I post more. So I did. Uh, I guess I did take them all, though . . .

I really don't know what to say...

Yeah, the picture kinda says it all, doesn't it? Maybe you should say something to the instigators, pivapao and dino campenella. (See their comments below, if you'd like.)

hi joe did you come across these facilities by accident or are they more common in this part of the world? I don't think it is really disgusting. They don't shit beside the road, they use what they have.

jerry

Hi Jerry,

Perhaps both? When you are traveling, finding a facilty is always a matter of chance and can't ofen be described as an "accident." I should say that is not common for China in general. This was basically an outhouse in a rural area of Inner Mongolia. I think this is of the insides of This outhouse, which served several authentic Yurts, including the one we rented for the night. There was something similar at a nearby place that was a festival like encampment. I believe one or both had a brick lining so these are not so crude as they may appear!

:)

febrok das ist aber nicht so eng.:))

Aber, it is close, goterei, isn't it?

Thanks for the :), © panoramio. I didn't know there was a whole set of "©" members. Are you part of a special group or do you just like to start your names that way?

Joe, I went to Mt. Huashan this May, and they have already changed open pit. They have even built a WC house near the cliff, although because of lacking of water on the mountain, it is not clean enough. I can understand this, as it is too hard or expensive to pump water.

I reckon there are still a lot of these kind of open pit national widely used in China, but I am seeing them disappearing and giving way to modern WC houses.

Welcome back (to the conversation and to home), John. I'm sorry to say, is my photo from near Mt. Huashan? I have never been able to position this photo or the other (and better) photos I have from the area. I don't know if there are a lot of these types left. This one was far in the countryside, next to the yurts we stayed in. I didn't see them anywhere else in China.

No your photo is not. But I had seen this kind of pit ten years ago in the mountain. Well it was kinda amazing because you can see cliff through between the woods.

LOL! When I first read your comment, I was on my mobile and couldn't see which photo you were referring to. When you said you could see the cliff between the woods, I imagined a beautiful mountain forest scene. Now I see what you meant by "cliff" and "wood." Ohhhhhhh!