Luang Nam Tha, Laos

This toilet diary's original intent was to record the different styles and models of toilets on our travels- as would be expected, after traveling for a while the toilet styles start to become redundant. How many toilets can there be? In Luang Namtha, Laos after almost six months of traveling, we did come across a different toilet style - a pedestal toilet with gravity flush. Notice there is no tank behind the toilet, there is a large jug of water next to the toilet. The jug is filled with water, which is then scooped and poured it into the toilet bowl in order to "flush" it.

Look closely, the guest house offers two "cleaning" options - toilet paper on the wall (to the right in the picture) and a spray hose with nozzle ( nozzle is not picture only the metal hose).

Vientiane, Laos

This style of toilet is not original but the location was. They were located behind the petrol (gas) station, I'm assuming to save on space.

Boat - Galapagos, Ecuador

 

San Domingo, Ecuador

If you look closely, you'll see the toilet tiny. It's is designed for little children.

 

Quito, Ecuador

 

This toilet's unique aspect is the hard hat in the barrel of water. One scoop of the hard hat would flush the toilet.

Lake Titikaka, Peru

 

Our toilet facility while staying with a local family on an island on Lake Titikaka.

Rough Camp, Chile

 

If you’ve been camping in the “wild” before, you probably understand how these toilets operate. And well, if you haven’t been camping in the wild, you can probably figure it out.

Torres del Paine, Chile

 

 

This toilet, rubbish bin and sign epitomize toilets in South America. The sewer system in South America wasn’t designed to digest toilet paper. More often than not, the soiled paper is disposed of in the bin next to the toilet.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Two toilets together!! This is a first in my recent travels. Okay, I haven’t traveled much in Europe, nor have I been to Japan, where bidet are said to be installed in most households. It wasn’t a surprise to find one in Argentina, either, sine Argentines seem to have a bizarre European envy.

List of Safaris from 2017 to 2018 travels

1. Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka
2. Mole NP, Ghana  
3. Lopé NP, Gabon
4. Kissama NP, 
5.  Etosha NP, Namibia 
6. Kruger NP, South Africa 
7. Hlane NP, Swaziland 
8. Hluhluwe - Umfolozi GR South Africa 
9. Addo Elephant NP, South Africa 
10. Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Botswana 
11. Etosha NP, Namibia 
12. Okavango Delta NP, Botswana 
13. Chobe NP, Botswana 
14. Matobo NP, Zimbabwe 
15. Antelope Park, Zimbabwe 
16. Ngorogoro Crater, Tanzania 
17. Serengeti NP, Tanzania
18. Nakuru NP, Kenya
19. Bandingilo NP, South Sudan