When you have to go!

Had to do a silly post: remember all actors portrayed in these photos are not professional and not paid for their participation!

So let's talk toilets.

At the Area 2 school, they did have toilets for the teachers and students (well except for the cement wall the the boys) and all Kim wanted to do was to get a picture of the toilet that no one (particularly the ladies) was really fond of using. Unfortunately the kids thought she wanted a photo of them! The teachers bathroom looked the same except for a bucket of blue solution that you scooped out with a scooper to "flush". Unfortunately, there are no sewers in Mathare, so after "flushing" everything goes down a tube and out into the road behind some tin houses!




On the long 5 plus hour drive to the safari, you get to a pit stop overlooking the Great Rift Valley. Here all sorts of souvenirs are sold and you can travel through the store to the rest rooms out back, but before you go into the rest rooms, there is a special spot for men so you can see who is coming and going (as you are going).

I think this is Greg's pose for when he is not sure what to do (see later photo).

I've got it all figured out!

So now, what do you do when you are traveling in a van on safari with wild animals all around you and you really have to go? Well is you are Suzan you do the happy dance until you get the van driver to stop so you can find a tree.

If you are Greg, you take off in search of a tree until you are told to get back to the van, wild animals you know.

Or you just wait your turn until the appointed tree is ready.

And do what you have to do!

Here is the greatest toilet in the world at the Masa Mara Hippo pool. The "wall" for men is very important as you can see if any hippos are coming at you! There is another door to what I call the "Hippo Throne". I am not sure how safe this one is when turning your back to the hippos! You never know if one might get a bit curious while you are in there!

I think you are getting the picture of how it works, but this is what you can see not too far in front of you!

Well, maybe this is not what you really want to see.

Here is a video tour of the luxurious hippo bathroom!



For those who love nature, hippos have the weirdest (and grossest) way of going to the bathroom. At the hippo pool, I was hoping to record such an event, but they only did this while submersed in the water. A couple hippos did this and as soon as they were done, there would be a little fight with a nearby hippo. Gee, I wonder why?



And that is why we bring Cipro! The good news is that no one had to use it this trip!