The final barrier to the plunge is the check-in. You will find a nice man behind a window with security bars. You are then buzzed through the security door into another world. A room is 17 dollars. But it's not your average room at the Holiday Inn.
Every room is cleaned by staff before each new client enters.
Each also has a thin, plastic-covered mattress with fitted white sheets. The bed sits on top of a kind of flat wooden bunk. Most rooms also have large mirrors strategically mounted on the walls. You undress in the locker bay, and leave your clothes and other items in your locker. Shortly after arriving, just about everyone showers.