Friday, 7 September 2012

Living Conditions

As people keep asking me where I live here:
 
No, I do not live in a hotel. I  have a room in one of the staff houses here on the grounds of Madinat Makadi.

So, let me give you a little tour.

This is wher the average tourist has to turn around and go the other way. The entrance to the staff quarters.



Once you got through the checkpoint you are an a little towmn of its own. Here are some impressions:
 



 

And from the roof of my house:




 
 

There, in the background, behind that red, white and black hat, that`s my house: Ramses. 
(All the houses carry the names of ancient Egyptian gods or pharaos.) 
 
I live in Ramses 103. Ground floor, about 40m² plus a little terrace.

The room is pretty much square shaped in total.

On entering through the door you find yourself in a kind of mini hallway.

 
 The front door is off to the very left in this picture.

 

As you can see, the bathroom is immediately to your left:

 

 


To your right is the kitchen:






If you wank straight ahaed with your bach towards the front door this is your view:

 

 You`re in my living room now.



Do a 180 here and you see this:


 The "winow" to my kitchen, the doorway to my mini hallway ( - except the bathroom door there are no doors within my room / flat - ), my mini hallway itself and my front door.

 

 Turn 90° to your right here and you are facing my bedroom:

 

 

 The best thing about it is to the right of the bed:

 
 
If  you return to the living room and turn your back to the front door,  so that the bedroom is off to your right you are standing in front of the door to my little partio:
 
 

Step out and have a seat if you dare, meaning if you don`t mind all the dead ants ( - due to all the insecticide that is sprayed every few days - ) or aren`t too tired and / or lazy to clean up before. 


 Also be aware that my partio os on the ground floor and right next to the entrance of the house  (off to the right of the foto below) so you are on display to everyone who happens to walk by.
 


So, now you have seen all of my room / flat here in Madinat Makadi. 


Good night!

XOXO


Anne

20 LE

Housekeeping (part 2):

My last post was on housekeeping and that I intended to leave 20 LE as a tip for the great cleaning, the flowers and the towel animal.
Well, as it turns out showing your apprechiation for services rendered can be incentive for further (extra) services. Check out this:

 He actually did my dishes!!!
 (Do I need to say that I was kind of shocked? - But in a good way, of course.) 

See you soon,

XOXO,

Anne