During a video chat with my best friend recently, I realized I haven't posted any pictures of the interior where I've been living. It's not much to look at, truthfully. The hard part is actually the gadgetry. There are switches to open the flow of electricity (which makes sense and is environmentally savvy), but you have to figure out which one is which. And which one turns on the A/C, or the individual water heater in your bathroom so you have warm water to shower or wash dishes (or your clothes) in.
Above, you can see my A/C remote/control, located on a different wall from the switch that turns on the electricity to the A/C. The middle switch, with the red light, turns on the water heater in the bathroom (this switch is not located in said bathroom). The three switches on the end are the bathroom light and fans.
On the other side of the door, you have two more switches, the right one opens the electricity for the fan, which is controlled by the knob above it.
And on a third wall, just inside the room, there is the A/C electricity, and the two lights for the room. These handy little electricity opener switches are also installed on every outlet, so if you accidentally plug in your phone to charge it overnight, but forget to turn on the flow of electricity...ahem.
And finally, just to clarify, since Berna was confused when I said water went all over the bathroom and got the toilet paper wet. Here's why. As you can see, the bathroom IS the shower (this also happened in Syria and in SE Asia, so I'm not new to this method). In my opinion, it's also very energy efficient, because every time you take a shower, you clean the bathroom. Just make sure you leave the toilet paper, and hang your towel, outside the door (next to the 15 switches).
Today, at a similar hotel apartment in Sohar, we were treated to this delight (see below), and immediately all five of us each took a refreshing shower just cause we could.
And the creme de la creme:
I've never been more excited to see a washing machine in my life. The website said the hotel would have one, so we all brought our laundry. Yup. The trunk of our rental car is filled up with clean laundry that we washed ourselves. If nothing else, our trip has been a success for that. Maybe I just need to stay in a hotel flat with a washing machine every two weeks...
More on Sohar, to come.
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