The World's Worst Bathrooms: A Photo Gallery

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1-31-2007 @ 11:13AM

Willy said...

During my 3 years in Zambia, I used a pit latrine on a daily basis. Consequently, some of those pit latrine images didn't disturb me that much. I think pit latrines, frankly, are often disgusting from a cultural standpoint, as opposed to a true hygiene standpoint. That said, some of the pit latrines in this gallery were horrendous!

The grossest toilet I've ever come acroos was half-way between Chipata, Zambia and Lusaka, Zambia. Open-aired, the concrete-molded pit latrines were probably very nice when they were new. Over time, though, they had overflowed and the maggots had moved in. It was far better to go behind the official restrooms to do your business rather than going inside -- especially for those of us who wore flip flops (known locally as "pata-pata"'s, due to the sound they made) routinely.

Gah!

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