Thursday, November 29, 2007

A Poop Box


"I need to use the toilet, is it possible?"

"Yes, I will ask"

....

"This way..."

I follow a small boy away from the riverside fish huts, behind a large open shelter of red carpets and cushions, and towards a wooden box on stilts.

H., our driver, follows behind. The boy points to the large box, and I smile.

"Tashakoor".

Off I go. Hey, I've been in some strange toilets before...

I open the creaky plywood door.

Behold, A human-sized box. A box of poop.

There is a hole in the middle of the floor, but the poop is a foot higher than the floor.

I step in. Miraculously, there is little smell.

I realize I've got an even bigger task... I've got to avoid stepping on the individual piles of poop which decorate the floor.

I managed.

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