'WHAT SOFT SHEETS YOU HAVE'

Dorm Beds at Hilo Bay Hostel

There are times that a compliment comes from a quarter not expected.  Such was the case when two young chaps booked into the hostel last week.  One was 6'7" and the other could not have been more that 5'6", all of 18 years and checking out the local college.

Being on a budget, the chaps were booked into the men's dorm, an upper and lower bunk.  Not knowing who would want which, MOI left it to the chaps to toss the coin.  Seems the 6'7" chap lost, but he was not put off at climbing into bed.

Coming back to check on the chaps, this old geezer was gobsmacked when the short chap told that the linen provided was 'very soft'.  Seems that the hostel stayed in on Waikiki Beach had linen that was quite 'rough'.  Both chaps were quite taken with the clean dorm room and had already checked out the loo and found that to be superior as well.  Fancy that...

Our new guests lost no time making new friends and in short order had got another guest to take them round to some of the local swimming spots.

Booking a bed in the dorm may not be for all, but there are many who look upon the experience as an adventure.  A way of making new friends.  At the very least, one might meet 'most unforgettable characters'.

How else would you meet a chap who restores old houses in Switzerland and is in Hawaii on extended holiday to learn how to surf.  So keen on the new sport that he sleeps with his board.  Or get to chat with two blokes who got tossed off a 'worm farm'. Get to meet a chap so brilliant at his job that he travels with two computers to keep in touch with his work.

We will skip over the professor from Dartmouth and the chap who wore a lamp on head to see his salad as he ate.

After 4 days in the dorm, the two young chaps left the hostel in high spirits.  They may not have found the local college to liking but told they would tell all of the grand time had during their stay at the hostel.

If the 'world is a stage', that part of that is the Hilo Bay Hostel, is loaded with 'players upon'.