Here in Canada I often forget to be thankful for simple essentials like... WATER.
(In fact, most years we get so much rain that we actually COMPLAIN about it, forgetting what a precious resource it really is!)
But recently a traveling friend sent an email about her summer holidays and mentioned an airport adventure:
"I had to go via Dubai and had a 3 hour stopover there. None of the toilets in the whole of Dubai airport were working, due to there being no water to flush them with, which made for an interesting 3 hours and a lot of people walking around looking extremely worried. "
Hmmmmm. I can't even begin to imagine!! It never occurred to me that our water-based sanitation system would pose such a problem in desert countries...
(They would probably shut the airport down if that happened here in Ottawa!)
In our part of Canada, we have had a lovely hot, sunny summer so far...
Now when it does cloud over and begin to rain, I promise not to complain!
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