In Thailand, you won’t hear anyone saying they need to use the bathroom. It’s not the WC, the loo, or the potty either. Nope, people are heading to the Happy Room, where the vibe can be a bit cheeky (all puns totally intended)!

By no means is this intended as a definitive and exhaustive chronicle of Happy Rooms we have witnessed, or in some cases, survived. It’s just that some Happy Rooms are more surprising/unusual/gross/etc. than others and are therefore more worthy of notice.

Some Happy Rooms are grand because the surroundings are grand.

Such is the case with the Grand Royal Palace–making for a more elevated experience.

Some Happy Rooms are thematic, such as the blue Happy Room of the Blue Temple, formally known as Wat Rong Suea Ten, or “Temple of the Dancing Tiger.” Planting trees between the urinals is an interesting touch. They give new meaning to pee pee trees.

For those looking for the ultimate bang for their buck, there’s the White Temple’s Happy Room, which assures all users a quintessential gilt trip.

Sometimes Happy Room directions can be explicit for good reasons,

while there are times when directions are self-explanatory.

Nearly all Happy Rooms with commodes have an external hose with sprayer attached to the flush mechanism of the toilet. Is it for use as a functioning bidet…

or is it for general cleanup when directions are ignored, and misses are inevitable? Because in Thailand, sometimes the availability of tissue squares can be a crap shoot!

Some Happy Rooms are whimsical; they come with voyeurs…

while others come with Peeking [sic] ducks.

Most times, all we need are the bare necessities…

because sometimes there are so many rules, that it makes more sense to sit like a lady, rather than standing on ceremony.

(Yes, the sign is from Hanoi, but it’s still worthy of consideration regardless of the location or the urge!)