CHECK INTO THE MAUA BASIN HOTEL

Maua Basin Hotel

From the hospital, we were driven to “the best hotel in Maua” - the Maua Basin Hotel. When we pulled up in front of the building, our driver said, "Here we are at your hotel." A few of us laughed - thinking he was kidding!

In fairness, it is better than it looks from the street and the staff is wonderful.

We have rooms opening onto a small enclosed central courtyard so we can lock our selves in at night and hold worship service each evening in the courtyard.

Our rooms are about 10 feet by 10 feet with two beds slightly larger than twins (we have dubbed them “Kenyan doubles”). Two hooks on opposite walls comprise the closet/storage space.

Tip for future VIM teams: Bring a suitcase narrow enough that it can slide under your bed or you won’t have enough room to turn around.

The bathroom is about 4 feet by 4 feet and features a showerhead in the center of the ceiling. Don't forget to remove the towels and toilet paper before showering! There is no hot water from the sink and we got warm water out of the shower about one time out of four in the beginning (see update below). So we took a lot of sponge baths! Water pressure can be a trickle and one day we had no water at all until the management came and fixed the problem.

UPDATE: It took us about 3 days to figure out the shower system at the hotel but most of us eventually got it to work. The secret is, about 15 minutes before you shower, flip the red switch on the bedroom wall; this turns on the water heater in the showerhead. If you wait too long to shower after flipping the switch, the device will have shut itself off. Also, you have to drop your room key at the main desk before leaving for work in the mornings if you want your room cleaned, trash picked up, fresh towels, etc.