Mention “Youth Hostel” and most people conjure up images of dorms and communal bathrooms. And you’d be right most of the time. In my younger days I could have/would have done that. Given that I’ll camp out in a tent and sleep on the ground, a youth hostel doesn’t sound all that bad. My better half though has other ideas.
When we found out that U Squad would be staying in a hostel in Beijing, I volunteered (or perhaps better said, Karen acquiesced) to join them if we could get a private room. It turns out many hostels have private rooms, with ensuite bathrooms!
We might have ended up in some big-name hotel, completely lacking in character, at some astronomical rate, blocks from the Squad. Instead we stayed at a most charming “inn” – otherwise known as the Beijing Heyuan International Youth Hostel with U Squad (most of them in the aforementioned dorms).
Rather than spend a thousand words, I’ll leave you with pictures worth much more.
Front entrance
View through our window.
Squad Meeting in the front courtyard
The Men of U Squad
I’m not sure why they call them “Youth” hostels. I may never stay in a regular hotel again.
