Colombo Fort station toilet is squat-only with a long local queue — figure it out or wait for the hotel?
Arrived with a backpack and a urgent need. Facilities are squat style, wet floor, mostly locals who know the routine. I have never used one. Is there a quick traveler method that is not disrespectful, or do people just hold it and use the guesthouse twenty minutes away? Asking practically, not judgmentally.
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Squat toilets are normal in many stations. If you need to go, wait your turn, keep shoes out of the wettest spots if you can, face the way locals face, and carry tissues or a small bottle of water because paper is not guaranteed. Move efficiently so the queue is not blocked. If the line is extreme or you are injured/unable to squat, waiting for the hotel or finding a mall or paid sit-down nearby is reasonable. Neither choice is rude. A packet of tissues in the daybag solves half the panic.
I waited for the hotel once and used a station squat once. Both fine. Tissues were the hero.
Joined the queue, survived, washing tap afterward. Packing tissues from now on.
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