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Tourists enjoy toilet usher service in Beijing

(CRI)
Updated: 2007-03-02 10:41





Two tricycles serve as free toilet guides for visitors to Beijing's
popular Shichahai area on Wednesday, February 28, 2007. The
battery-driven vehicles are believed to be hugely convenient to those
dying for a leak. [Photo: Xinhua]
Two battery-driven tricycles have begun serving tourists dying for a leak
in Beijing's Shichahai scenic area. With such first ever toilet usher
service, rushing tourists won't have to spend an extra penny whenever
they visit this downtown scenic spot in the Chinese capital.

With signboards saying "Help you find a nearest toilet!" attached to
their front and back, two friendly tricycles, run by two sanitary
employees, will take their "guests" to the desired destination within 30
seconds for free!

The Shichahai scenic area, which just began this humane service, has been
the best place for visitors to sample old Beijing's Hutong culture, but
the complicated alleyway networks often leave tourists feeling
disorientated.

Wang Huan, one of the two "toilet ushers" told Beijing News that he had
done a lot of field work before being appointed the job, and now he knows
all the whereabouts of public toilets in the vicinity.

From 8 o'clock in the morning to 5 o'clock in the evening, the two
tricycles will search the area attending to visitors' urgent requests.

This tourist worshipped area still bears the resemblance to an ancient
Beijing. The area is a combination of ancient rhythm and modern beats,
filled up with restaurants, pubs and small curio shops. Streams of
tourists float through old Beijing's labyrinthine alleyways on
man-powered rickshaws during daytime, with the city's white-collar
workers and foreign expats spending the night hours in pubs.










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