Why I Loved New York - 1
Okay, it's not like I am diabetic. Neither am I working on this "toilets - the worldover" paper. It's just a shuttling between airports/cities thing.
Peoria Airport - very clean loo
Chicago (O'Hare) Airport - very clean loo
Detroit Airport - very clean loo
And I told myself this is the US, first world and what-not.
Next stop JFK. Avishek was meeting me in 20 minutes. I'd been told Harlem was not too close to the airport. So I decided to pay the loo a visit. I mean, why not?
For a minute I thought I'd stepped on a portkey that had transported me straight to the Howrah Station. Apparently not.
That's when I fell in love with New York.
Peoria Airport - very clean loo
Chicago (O'Hare) Airport - very clean loo
Detroit Airport - very clean loo
And I told myself this is the US, first world and what-not.
Next stop JFK. Avishek was meeting me in 20 minutes. I'd been told Harlem was not too close to the airport. So I decided to pay the loo a visit. I mean, why not?
For a minute I thought I'd stepped on a portkey that had transported me straight to the Howrah Station. Apparently not.
That's when I fell in love with New York.
posted by misti at
7:29 PM
3 Comments:
I read this post and hollered, "Comrade!" Dirty loos, messy roads, shifty peddlers - some of the things that make NY a world heritage, rather than just a city in the US.
I know this "falling" for a city feeling. At the risk of excluding proletarian Dip Narayan from this discussion on world loos, I felt something very similar at Heathrow and Luton, London. The loos at Munich and Berlin, however, left me cold, an "ethnic cleansing" vibe in their ultra-clean interiors. Dubai's, like the city itself, is devoid of any character.
You know, it's an interesting point that you brought up in your blog. Can you judge a city by its airport loos? The possibilities of this discussion is endless. Let's not be constipated in our contributions, friends...
Hmmmpphhh!!!
Since you guys are at it, have a look at a blog called The Good Loo Guide on Calcutta loos. Me the poor provincial.
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