15/1/2009 1 photo

My lodging luck had clearly run out by the time I got to Perth.  It was dinnertime on a Friday, and all the bed and breakfasts were full or wouldn't have me.  I was relieved to spy the familiar logo of a chain hotel with a large parking lot.  Only desperation would have driven me to settle for this decrepit dinosaur, and for 79, no less.  

To be fair, the room was fine--clean, modern, satisfactory, although bare-bones on amenities.  But the building itself, and all the interior common areas, looked like a relic of the 1930's.  And not in the cool, crisp Art-Deco sort of way either.  It was just...dingy, grimy, worn out, run down...etc.  I was surprised and overjoyed to see the room after walking through the lobby and hallways.  A coat of paint and some new carpet would do wonders in there.  Why update the rooms but not the main floor and hallways?

And they had REAL keys, too--the old fashioned metal kind with a loop on one end and teeth on the other.  Fun!

The staff were pleasant and helpful.  On my way out to dinner I inquired to the lady who had checked me in about traditional music in the pubs.  She answered regretfully that I would find none on a Friday night, and she genuinely seemed sorry about it (and it turned out that she was right).  

This hotel is just behind the BritRail station.

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