Pigs in the Toilet: A Serialised Travelogue

A couple of weeks a go I received an email telling me about a site called Pigs in the Toilet. With the excessive surfing that I do, how this one stayed under the radar I will never know.

Pigs in the Toilet is a travel “blog-book” that Jeff is publishing online in short, bite-sized instalments. The story follows him (and others) on a six-month trip from Tokyo to Paris.

Yes, it sounds like just about any other travel blog. But it isn’t. For one, Jeff took this trip in 2001. More importantly, though, it reads like a book. There is a storyline. There are chapters. There are characters.

Unfortunately for Jeff, there is no publisher. Hence, we get to enjoy publication in a blog-like format. Or, as Jeff puts it, “a highly experimental experiment in experimental publishing.”

And what’s with that title, Pigs in the Toilet? Jeff says that the nominal purpose of the trip – aside from having a good time – was to verify a legendary anecdote he’d had heard from a friend. He claimed there were pigs in some Chinese toilets.

The story is not limited to this quest, of course, integral as it was. In fact, Jeff promises that the “other discoveries” are much more substantial…

There is, for example, his discovery of a French girl who decides to tag along with him.His discovery that young male travelers can make money modeling nude in Hong Kong, and his discovery that he is *not* the first Westerner to discover China.

Jeff uploads new instalments twice a week. He’s already on installment 32, but he promises there should be at least 30 more.

It certainly is an entertaining read so why not check it out. You can even subscribe to get each new instalment delivered right to you inbox.

Good work, Jeff – and I look forward to part 33!

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