Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Desert Survival Skills

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2016/apr/12/amazing-toilets-around-the-world-in-pictures
You can forget frills, privacy and shelter in this open-air latrine in the arid heart of Bolivia’s Siloli Desert, a continuation of the Atacama Desert in neighbouring Chile. Photo: Robert Downie/Lonely Planet.

Chott el Djerid, a large salt lake in southern Tunisia, was used as the setting for Luke Skywalker’s boyhood home in the original Star Wars film. The Lars’ subterranean homestead may have been destroyed, but the Galactic Empire failed to extinguish the new hope represented by these roadside “comfort” toilets. Photo: Lucio Valmaggia/Lonely Planet.

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