How do I pee?
So far it was only <locals>, that visited. I find it funny that we had the special name on the entry sign that had a price for <normal> or <local>. I feel like it should have been <normal> and <foreigner> with me being one of the normal ones. But at least my price was literally 1/10th of what others should expect to pay so I can't really complain. I mentioned how good the tour was but all was not perfect, the owner apologized many times in his introduction about things that were not ready. Exhibits would be improved, a restaurant would be built, tours offered in other languages and so on. One thing he neglected to mention was that the public toilets were not ready. This was awkward for him because he discovered that we are an embarrassingly resilient people when it comes to toileting. As a city girl I now understand the foreign perspective of general disgust for people doing their business randomly outside. But having grown up as a rural girl I can tell you that it is very easy for this to become normal. Anyway, by not saying anything at all people found a way to go and the problem just solved itself. Now I did have to go and it turns out that I was wearing the proper attire for a public pee. I had on a chitenge as a skirt. A chitenge is just a simple piece of strong cloth that we use for everything. It's a skirt, top, headress, or even a full outfit. Bunch the corners together if you want a bag or tie it around you if you want a back sac. Every mother carries their babies in a chitenge. Anyway the point is that it is much more cloth than you would need for just a skirt and does more that a full wrap around you. So when you squat there is plenty of room to expand and keep you covered. However as a city girl I had now taken to the more modern tradition of wearing panties which interferes with the whole operation. One can squat in a chitenge without anyone knowing whether they are peeing or simply having a rest. But having panties changes everythjng. It's not like sitting on a toilet where you can just lower them, you have to completely remove one leg or you can't balance properly. So this factor led me to ask where I could pee.
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