On the journey there, there was no food or clean water, and the king and queen were forced to share the same sleeping arrangements in "one of the wretched barns they call houses", according to one witness traveling with them.
"We just fall where we end up," she explains about the sleeping arrangements, pointing at one shared bed, a sofa, a dubious-looking leatherette beanbag and a pile of clothes.
In addition, cultural sleeping arrangements define who can share the same bed: while two sisters and also an older sister with her younger, prepubescent brother can share a bed net, older brothers are not allowed to share the same sleeping space with sisters the same age or younger.
The fact that some of these devices were used in the shared bedroom meant that sleep was disturbed or sleeping arrangements had to be altered (changing sides of the bed, sleeping in another room).
Instead of a house share, she booked a motel share, the latest twist in beach resort sleeping arrangements.
Sleeping arrangements are "college ski trip" style, with shared lofts and/or bedrooms, but everyone gets their own bed!
After Andela had spent the Saturday evening finessing the sleeping arrangements, Nadezda and I found ourselves forced to share a bedroom.
Kanchi Hazi, the more outgoing of the roommates who constantly makes the others laugh, said she considers the sleeping arrangements luxurious compared with those at the small house she shared with her parents, six sisters and two brothers.
Sleeping arrangements are secondary.
Even sleeping arrangements are addressed.
I ask about sleeping arrangements.
