As I've mentioned before your pictures are just wonderful. And I love the unique tree house accommodation you ventured to stay in, including its adjoining pool and toilet. I've enjoyed many different commodes in my travels, some with fabulous views, such as up at high camps on Mt. Baker, Mt. Assiniboine and those we built in the snow while in the Alaska Range. But my all-time favorite is still the one I made use of at the Refugio Pardon in Italy, which is situated on a high ridge directly across from Marmolada ("The Queen of the Dolomites"). Its unique, unisex facility is a rather large room located on the lower level of the two-story building. The room's floor is entirely covered by stainless steel that slopes to its center where there's an open hole that drains directly to the open slope beneath the building. A slightly elevated, non-slip corrugated footpad is located on each side of the open hole. While squatting over the hole with your feet on the pads, you pull a chain that's suspended from the room's ceiling to flush. When you do a large volume of water rushes out of slots in the base of the metal baseboards, swirls around your feet and forms a small whirlpool as it drains down through the hole. I was laughing so hard that I almost failed to keep my boots dry.
