Outdoor toilet used as luggage storage in East Iceland

The privy had locked to store a number of suitcases …

The privy had locked to store a number of suitcases securely. Photos: Halla Eyþórsdóttir

Foreign tourists decided to use an outdoor toilet on the side of the nr.1 ring road to securely store their luggage. They used a padlock to lock the doors so no one could get to their luggage while they slept in a car parked right next to the toilet, Nútíminn reports [link in Icelandic].

Halla Eyþórsdóttir came by shortly after midnight two nights ago to clean the toilet, but couldn’t get in. She posted these pictures on her Facebook site.

“When I arrived to clean tonight I was flabbergasted. There was a padlock on the outdoor toilet!” Halla says in a Facebook status. She wasn’t quite sure what to do, but decided to break up the lock. A number of suitcases were stacked up inside, the owners sleeping in a car right next to it.

The outdoor toilet is one of many The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration has put up along the ring road to service tourists.

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