A place to sleep

One of the interesting things about traveling is finding a place to stay. Sometimes you book in advance, other days you just arrive in a city and walk around until something feels right or you're too tired to keep looking. The one constant, is you have no clue what your going to find. Sometimes you find a place that's both cheap and clean, most the time your just happy if it's cheap. (If it's sketchy looking, a quick glance at the mattress under the sheet and along the base boards for bed bugs is essential.) We've stayed in a lot of places, over 30 now, during our three months on the road but this one was just begging for a post.

We booked Tahan Guest House in advance with no picture or wikitravel advice. It sort of looked like a preschool, and was bursting with color and paintings. The owner was a lovely lady that couldn't hold back her smiles or giggles. Her young daugther sang and danced in front of us like we were not even there. Every room was painted with a different animal or flower theme. We ended up in the lady bug room, which I'm pretty sure had to be good luck.