Loo with a view?

We may not really care what our view is when we use the loo.

But maybe we should - for according to the World Toilet Organisation we spend three years of our lives on the throne.

And that fact was enough to set author Luke Barclay off on a mission to flush out the planet's best loos with a view.

Among them are remote wilderness loos, such as the ones at Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia and the Boulder Pass Campsite in Montana, which overlooks the spectacular Agassiz Glacier.

Many are on sacred sites - including those in the Valley of Longevity in Ecuador, where locals are said to live to 135, and on Mount Sinai in Egypt, where God is said to have handed the Ten Commandments to Moses.

The loos on the lookout tower at Alcatraz clearly worked, as no escape attempts were successful in the prison's 29-year history.
 

But women using the aquarium toilet at Mumin Papa Cafe in Akashi, Japan, have complained of being watched by a male sea turtle.

 

Extreme Bathrooms

Bathrooms and toilets come in all shapes and sizes, all colours and styles. But some are designed to humour us, shock us or simply make us wonder: why?

All over the world, examples of unique design are cropping up. From see through doors to interactive video games- toilet designers are pushing the boundaries to make a mundane experience something a little more memorable.

When traveling, the differences in the mundane and familiar are often what brings about homesickness the quickest. Think about an uneven bed at a hotel, lack of your favorite toiletries, or the different way that water tastes. Or, think of the toilet, and the travelers who take pictures of them. Here are some of the strangest bathrooms from around the world.

Check out the best examples we could find of the weird and the wonderful on our Facebook page. Why don't you give the page a 'LIKE' while you're there.

Extreme Bathrooms Gallery

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