There are 6-7 hotels in town and I can think of 1 maybe 2, that have been given the sort-of-thumbs-up by the international NGOs and donors. With the massive rebuilding of the entire province, hundreds of consultants come in and out of Aceh each week. Some stay for a few days, while others stay for months at a time. So, you're probably wondering where all these people stay? Some organizations have their own guesthouses (like mine) and provide consultants with housing. Other organizations, especially the smaller ones or the newly set up ones rely instead on Acehnese operated guesthouses.
The Acehnese are very resourceful and entrepreneurial. A lot of homeowners who have a decent size house have fixed up 1 or 2 rooms in their home and brought it up to "western standards," which means installing an AC and a hot water heater. A friend of mine was living in one of these establishments. He thought he was only going to stay for a week a two, but ended up staying way longer than that. In his case, the man of the house is a pretty high up guy in the local government. He and his family moved into the garage in order to rent out as many rooms as possible.
My friend made a short video of his guest house. Click on "Guest House".
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