Comments on: Need the loo? A guide to the world’s worst toilets

By: Andy Jarosz

Andy Jarosz — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:29:40 +0000

Sounds horrible Melissa. I can only imagine the fear of those bats, carrying who-knows-what on them, flying around you in a small confined space. The stuff of nightmares!

By: Melissa Shales

Melissa Shales — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:54:53 +0000

My most interesting if not disgusting experience was in the Samburu National Park when I went into the long-drop loo in the campsite at dusk, checked for spiders etc – all OK. Then I inadvertently shone the torch down the hole, where a whole colony of bats was roosting! They all flew up between my legs… to screams of ‘there are bats in the bog’ as one part-dressed woman scrambled into the open. Not my most dignified moment.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:49:35 +0000

Worst one I’ve ever seen was at a “bus stop” in Rural China. Two holes over the ground- feces piled no lie, 5 feet up to the top of the hole. Didn’t stop anyone though and it looked like it had been overflowing for months. Revolting.

By: Andy Jarosz

Andy Jarosz — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:21:06 +0000

That is disgusting Jason. Thanks for sharing!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:49:16 +0000

It’s funny how many travel stories, end up around this subject. The worst I’ve seen (and used) was a ‘Goan Pig Toilet’ in India back in the early nineties. Wasn’t even sure wikipedia would have any details on it, but there is a line or two, and a few links…

Love the Blog Andy….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_toilet

By: Andy Jarosz

Andy Jarosz — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:58:37 +0000

Thanks Cheryl – the Go-Girl does indeed sound like an interesting contraption. I have so many strange questions that I just don’t want to ask… I think I saw it featured on UK TV on Dragon’s Den (a show where entrepreneurs look for rich celebrity business people to invest in their big idea).

Sherry, it’s funny how spiders are attracted to these places. Obviously no sense of smell (or just a weird taste in aromas!) Lights in outhouses are best avoided, and should never be used to look down. I have seen grown women scream in terror at the discovery of maggots in the pit. I’ll stop now. A grim topic…

By: Sherry Ott

Sherry Ott — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:56:31 +0000

There’s nothing quite like living in a place with an outhouse. At my volunteer placement in a mountain village of Nepal I shared the outdoor toilet with a couple of huge spiders that I came to know very well. After all – I was using their home to pee in.

By: cheryl from thatgirlisfunny

cheryl from thatgirlisfunny — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:40:36 +0000

Looks like another job for the pink funnel called the “Go-Girl”. I wrote about this dignity saving device on my blog. It’s a funny, but necessary tool for allowing us girls to “stand up and pee”. Imagine! It’s foldable and washable. You could possibly encourage your girlfriend’s participation in more off the beaten track jaunts, if she has the right “tool”.