One of the worst thing about travelling is having to go to a yucky toilet. As a girl it’s the worst. But then there are the times when you find yourself squatting on a toilet seat surrounded by the most extraordinary beauty – and no one else but the endless skies.

Think AfrikaBurn, when you sit facing the Karoo taking your morning dump. You don’t need something to read to bide the time, for you have so much to see.

Now, backpacker bible Lonely Planet has published a new book that has collected photos of some of the world’s more interesting “restrooms”.

Featuring more than 100, ranging from “pop-up pissoirs on the back streets of London to clifftop drops in Tanzania” the “Toilets: A Spotter’s Guide” is a book you should definitely invest in:

As any experienced traveler knows, you can tell a whole lot about a place by its bathrooms.

Whatever you prefer to call them — lavatory, loo, bog, khasi, thunderbox, dunny, washroom or water closet — toilets are a (sometimes opaque, often wide open) window into the secret soul of a destination.

Here are my favourite five – which are free and have spectacular views, but if you want some more check HERE and if you want a book for yourself, go HERE.