"How to Shit in the Woods for the International Traveler"

Take a light-hearted look at staying seriously healthy on the road, and learn to travel with adventure, fun, and health.

International travel is growing by leaps and bounds in popularity but often exacts a price. Activities we take for eating, bathing, and going to the can range from challenging to risky when we're in unfamiliar territory. In SHITTING PRETTY: HOW TO STAY CLEAN AND HEALTHY WHILE TRAVELING, Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth takes a humorous, sympathetic, and accessible approach to the refined art of taking a proper dump, interweaving anecdotes from fellow travelers with sensible tips and techniques.

Ignorance is rarely bliss when it comes to matters of healthnlearning to stay healthy need not be unduly serious, but rather, in the true spirit of travel, a marvelous engaging, funny, and enlightening.

In SHITTING PRETTY, you'll learn:

• How to avoid diarrhea, parasites, and scarier diseases such as malaria, typhoid, and hepatitis.
• The basics of how to eat and drink safely in a foreign place
• How to identify symptoms and their cures
• How to manage bladder and bowels on long bus rides
• How to travel with children and keep them healthy
• Environmentally and hygienically sound tips for "making a deposit"
• How to cope without toilet paper
• The amazing variety of foreign toilets
• The hazards and techniques of bathing in unusual circumstances
• Why gastrointestinal the traveler's most common occur
• How to pack and which medical supplies to bring
• How to assess your health upon your return

More than just a how-to book, SHITTING PRETTY aims to inspire the traveler to be adventurous and shameless in dealing with the sometimes daunting challenges of foreign travel, and to pay heed to the fascinating cultural lessons imparted through the simple act of going to the bathroom.

About the Author
Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth is a fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, has published a range of papers in academic medical journals, lectures widely and writes a regular medical feature for Wanderlust magazine. She has worked on health projects in Asia for many years and has acted as general practitioner to fellow expatriates, travelers, and (North American) missionaries.

About Travelers' Tales
Founded in 1993, Travelers' Tales publishes a unique kind of travel book, one that paints a portrait of a country or a subject area through the personal stories of many writers. The series includes country and regional guides, books on women's travel, spiritual travel, travel advice, adventure and the outdoors, food, and two new imprints: "Footsteps: The Soul of Travel" series, dedicated to powerful, single-author travel narratives, and "Travelers' Tales Classics," designed to revive out-of-print classics in travel literature.