Through the Seasons

Guest House

Here in Tanzania, a Guest House is a hotel and a Hoteli is a restaurant.  Not sure how they came up with that but there you go.

In Makete we stayed at a pretty nice guest house.  It was new and well built.  At first we were in the first room in the house which meant we were next to the reception area which meant it was loud which meant it didn’t work for us!  So the next day we moved to a room at the back of the house and it was great.  Lesson learned.

To help with the lack of electricity and hot water, they brought buckets of water for each room.  You could use that water to flush the toilet, wash your hands, and whatever else you’d use cold water for.  When you wanted to bathe you’d order hot water and it came steaming so you’d mix it with the cold to get to the right temperature.

The room itself was kind of small and in it was a king-size bed, an overstuffed chair, an armoire that wouldn’t open because of the overstuffed chair…then our luggage.  So it was a tight fit to say the least.

But enough from me.  Here are some pics of the outside.