Comments on: Hotel Matvilla, Musoma

By: Neema

Neema — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:32:39 +0000

Its a joy to see such improvement in Musoma. Musoma is my root, in my blood and full of childhood memories that I keep passing to my kids. I had an opportunity to stay in this hotel and I am telling you, it is beautiful, clean and it has high standard than what I had in mind when booking the room. I stayed for 2 nights and it was rewarding to see how well the staff work together to make your stay more enjoyable. I paid mzungu price though it wasn’t $15 at all.

By: AdminMusoma

AdminMusoma — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:28:27 +0000

The pictures from the side of the building does need a bit of memory work to imagine and relate this building with the old ‘original’ Musoma Emporium building.

Mzee Moses of Hotel Matvilla has sent in more pictures to share with Musomians. These should be posted on MusomaBlog shortly.

By: Divya

Divya — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:45:04 +0000

Million thanks to adminmusoma for sharing the info on Hotel Matvilla. My childhood home in Musoma. On first glance I did not recognise the building as one more floor has been added. Hotel is wonderfully furnished. Sweet memories are painful but also gives you immense pleasure.
Best wishes and thanks to Mr. MP of Musoma for keeping Musoma Emporium bldg. alive.

By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:11:00 +0000

Looking at the pictures again, I notice an Auto Rickshaw in the foreground in the 1st picture. That must be an import by a businessman or business house of Indian origin!! Must be quite a ride in the Rickshaw along the potholed roads of Musoma.

By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:45:09 +0000

When I first saw these pictures with the note saying that this new hotel has been built in the Musoma Emporium building, I was bit saddened and the words ‘My house is now a hotel’! sprang to my mind.
The Musoma Emporium building holds many wonderful memories since I grew up in that building.
Life moves on. We move on. Yes, god willing, if I get an opportunity to visit Musoma, I will be able to stay in my house. However there is a big difference between this hotel and the house of my childhood.
On a positive note, it is encouraging to see decent hotels being built. This will attract more visitors to the area and hopefully promote some growth.
A Thank you to Dr Manjul Vasant for sharing this news, information and pictures.