One thing you need to know about Juba. Hotels are made out of shipping containers. No, you didn’t read that wrong. The same shipping containers that carry Wal-Mart products across the ocean, that are filled with every conceivable export and loaded onto cargo ships get recycled… into Sudanese hotels. The only way to get this across is to show you. I give you Juba’s finest, the Paradise hotel. (my home for the first week I was here and, no I am not making this name up)
Welcome to Paradise!
Let's call this the "hallway"
This is an inside shot of the rooms. That blue thing you see hanging over the bed is a mosquito net that's been tied up for the daytime. Every night we all use them to prevent getting bitten and sick.
This is the Juba Raha hotel, I stayed here the first night. I feel like this picture really helps one to understand the "luxury" of container living...
The Paradise does have a courtyard where you can have a cold Tusker and chat with some friends.
Welcome to Paradise!
Let's call this the "hallway"
This is an inside shot of the rooms. That blue thing you see hanging over the bed is a mosquito net that's been tied up for the daytime. Every night we all use them to prevent getting bitten and sick.
This is the Juba Raha hotel, I stayed here the first night. I feel like this picture really helps one to understand the "luxury" of container living...
The Paradise does have a courtyard where you can have a cold Tusker and chat with some friends.
Actually, its not so bad, kind of ingenious in a way. Also, its ridiculously expensive, a stay here costs about $120 US. The recent influx of aid workers and business have turned Juba into a bit of a boom town.
Dwell Magazine ran an article about the glamour of container living something like this: http://green.yahoo.com/blog/daily_green_news/8/twelve-amazing-shipping-container-houses.html -- which is to say, Jubibans don't have a lock on this one. Judging from the pictures, you've landed somewhere better than I imagined! But that's coming from someone who bends over backward to travel cheaper than $120/night. :-)
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