The Hardest Places in the World to Find a Bathroom
China has made great efforts to make its capital city's commodes more hospitable for the Olympics. But in this International Year of Sanitation, 2.5 billion people around the world don't have access to hygienic bathroom facilities. Here are some of the countries where you should be prepared to hold it.
Not only does Eritrea rank worst in Africa, but it ranks worst in the world in terms of the percentage of people without access to improved sanitation facilities--i.e. those that separate excreta from human contact, and that aren't shared between households. If you travel in the countryside, expect to go in the open, the way 95 percent of the rural population does. The lack of sanitation is exacerbated by many factors: poverty, drought (which keeps flush ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
