If I look back through my project experience history and pay special attention to the living quarters, I notice a very special trend starting…
1. Vodafone, UK
A suite in the Hilton Hotel in Newbury, UK
2. Miskar, Tunisia
A large room with ensuite in a 2 bedroom house with lounge, dining room and kitchen
3. Baghdad/Daura/Basrah, Iraq
Decent sized single unit living trailers fully fitted with fridge, A/C, double bed and ensuite
4. Reps, Albania
Smaller, much cheaper, single unit apartment style units fitted with fridge, A/c, single bed and ensuite
5. Soyo, Angola
I never thought I would be expected to live in a place that made Albania look like luxury condo accommodation. You will see in the photos something that looks like a room, only smaller. Yes these 2 photos are of the same room from opposite sides. Yes that’s the same single bed in both photos. Yes that’s shared toilet/shower. What’s next? A tent outside? Remind me again why I am leaving? I swear moments like these are great. It removes all notions of tears when I think about my leaving date which is now encroaching nicely.
I’m only kidding. I really am actually not upset about it. Disappointed is probably the best way of describing it. The way things are going here though it really doesn’t surprise me. It should have been expected.
I am instead grateful for the fact that I have a roof over my head when I lie down at night to sleep. The fact that it’s clean is a bonus and pretty easy to keep clean since there isn’t much space to mess up. The fact that I don’t have to go outside into the bushes to relieve myself is a luxury in these parts. And the best of all, the fact that I don’t have to walk miles for water and instead have hot and cold running for a clean shower and basin facilities merely meters from me should be the deal closure. That and the fact that I don’t have to clean it and my laundry gets done for me.
Screw it, I’m staying!
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