Check in was very pleasant with friendly Namhla. The dorm room was very small though and rankled with foul odours from cigarrete smoke and stale but potent garlic. Not very healthy in these covid times. Everyone in the dorm was paying a different price for their bed which I thought quite strange but Dean, the manager, tried to explain why, but not too successfully. Dean, was not friendly and also quite argumentative and arrogant so I would certainly not recommend staying there on account of that. The hotel itself though is a worthwhile visit from an historical viewpoint.