If you’re someone who has traveled long distances holding
the urge to pee and hence, doubtful of drinking another gulp of water, you’ll
probably understand what I’m going to talk about.
Every time the vehicle I’m traveling in gets a jerk because
of the bumpy road, I fear I’ll get back to being the 5-year old who peed her
pants in her sleep.
If you’re a woman and traveling, here are some pee stories that
may act as a caveat or a tip for your next journey. :-P
Mumbai to Hyderabad
I remember taking an overnight bus from Mumbai to Hyderabad
which I had boarded at 8pm. By 11pm I knew I couldn’t sleep if I didn’t pee. I
go to the driver and ask him to stop at a hotel I see ahead. He doesn’t. I
stand near him for more than fifteen minutes asking him to stop because I had
to pee but he just wouldn’t stop anywhere else but the dhaba he usually stops in. He would say we would reach there in ten
minutes. I finally had to hold my pee for around two hours walking to and fro
the aisle of the bus, too uneasy to lie down on my sleeper seat. So much for
the driver’s fear of losing his commission.
Madrid to Barcelona
We had hired a car and hence, stopped at every fuel station
where it was certain that there was going to be a store and a clean washroom
awaiting the arrival of my precious pee. I believed in visiting those washrooms even when I didn't really had to pee. 3:-)
Guwahati to Tezpur
Driver decides to give a pee break exactly when I need it. I
board the bus at 8am and the driver takes a stop for ten minutes at 10am.
However, there is no proper urinal nearby. All the men in
the bus get down from the bus while their female companions stay seated. In
front of my eyes I see around ten men, not bothering to go any further or
hiding away from our sight, showing their backs to the bus and the people in it,
taking various spots in the land in front of us and peeing their heart out. After
ten minutes the bus starts again and no one bothers if the women wanted to pee
too. It stops later for lunch in front of a dhaba at 11.30am and the women then
finally get to queue in front of a morbid toilet.
Hyderabad to Mumbai
The driver was so nice that he stopped the bus only for me
and my pee at 8am even when I was just one hour away from my destination, even
when it was my mistake that I didn’t wake up at 6am for their breakfast stop.
Gurgaon to Jaisalmer
There are few chai shops on the way as we get closer to the
destination. Some toilets are so dirty that it is safer for women to pee
outside in the open to avoid germs climbing their way up. This is because when
you sit and pee the probability of catching germs is way higher than when you’re
standing. Those sexist E. Coli bacteria. Damn!
Traveling indeed gets
difficult when one’s monthly chums have come for a visit and you don’t find a
decent washroom. During those days, I make sure to then find a decent
restaurant that would have all the sanitation facilities required. In case you
don't, hold the thought and the pee. It’s never safe to pee anywhere especially
when you’re on your periods.
This was really a good divergent. i can totally relate it. Guwahati to Imphal is really excruciating journey.
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