Much Needed Sign

One of the things I learned in my brief stay in Dhaka is that no self respecting Bangladeshi man or woman would use a public restroom, because they are more often than not dirty to digusting. Hence, whenever we were about to leave the house, I get reminded more than once to use the bathroom at home.

A problem arose when we were scheduled for a day-long trip around the city with a first stop in Panam City (Sonargaon),the old Bangladeshi capital and ancient capital of the kingdom of Bengal. To my delight, I spotted this sign, for which I had one eye always scouring my surroundings for one all the time. So, I went and it was clean, contrary to what I was told, probably because this is where tourists go, both local and foreign. They were all what the Singaporeans call "squat toilets". On the way out, I was told that I had to pay, it was a paid toilet. No wonder it was clean.