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Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge
Konso, Ethiopia
Karat 02

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    Overall User Rating:  1.9

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 Value for Money  1.7
 Rooms  1.7
 Cleanliness  1.7
 Location  3.0
 Security & Safety  1.7
 Service & Staff  1.7
 Food / Dining  2.3
 Total  1.9

"reguest"

User Rating:  3.0
Reviewer:   Martina M. of Prague, Czech Republic
Reviewed:   January 31, 2013  (see hostel reviews from Hosteltraveler.com)
Traveled:   March 2013     Type:   Active/Adventure
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Comments  (English):
Dear all, we are 3 women trawelling to KOnso, and looking for accomodation on 1st and 7th MArch. Is it possible, thank you
Martina Mervartova

"Buyer Beware - Typhoid, Typhus...Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh my!"

User Rating:  1.4
Reviewer:   Alison B. of Kampala, Uganda
Reviewed:   July 31, 2011  (see hostel reviews from Bedbreakfasttraveler.com)
Traveled:   July 2011     Type:   Other
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Comments  (English):
I stayed at SFEL in July 2011 for a Permaculture Design Course. The teacher was great, and we learned a lot of great practices on Permaculture. Unfortunately, our experience at SFEL was not as positive. One member in our class fell sick with Typhus from the lice/fleas in her bed, and the Management did not offer to change her bedsheets; did not offer to fumigate her room; did not offer to put her mattress outside in the sun; did not offer to shift her to another room. Nothing!

Then, seven other members in our class fell sick with Typhoid. It seems that some kitchen staff had been diagnosed with Typhoid, but were still working in the kitchen and serving food. Typhoid is highly contagious, and anyone diagnosed with Typhoid should be forbidden from cooking or serving food. Likewise, the staff latrine should be quarantined, especially when it is close to the kitchen and dining area, as it is at Strawberry Fields, but this was not done.

So, if you decide to stay at Strawberry Fields, make sure you go with your eyes open – public health and sanitation are not well observed. Make sure you have your immunizations, and come with a full round of broad spectrum antibiotics to treat whatever intestinal disorder may attack you.

Otherwise, it’s a nice place with good, fresh food

"Buyer Beware - Typhoid, Typhus...Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh my!"

User Rating:  1.4
Reviewer:   Alison B. of Kampala, Uganda
Reviewed:   July 31, 2011  (see hostel reviews from Instantworldbooking.com)
Traveled:   July 2011     Type:   Other
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Comments  (English):
I stayed at SFEL in July 2011 for a Permaculture Design Course. The teacher was great, and we learned a lot of great practices on Permaculture. Unfortunately, our experience at SFEL was not as positive. One member in our class fell sick with Typhus from the lice/fleas in her bed, and the Management did not offer to change her bedsheets; did not offer to fumigate her room; did not offer to put her mattress outside in the sun; did not offer to shift her to another room. Nothing!

Then, seven other members in our class fell sick with Typhoid. It seems that some kitchen staff had been diagnosed with Typhoid, but were still working in the kitchen and serving food. Typhoid is highly contagious, and anyone diagnosed with Typhoid should be forbidden from cooking or serving food. Likewise, the staff latrine should be quarantined, especially when it is close to the kitchen and dining area, as it is at Strawberry Fields, but this was not done.

So, if you decide to stay at Strawberry Fields, make sure you go with your eyes open – public health and sanitation are not well observed. Make sure you have your immunizations, and come with a full round of broad spectrum antibiotics to treat whatever intestinal disorder may attack you.

Otherwise, it’s a nice place with good, fresh food

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