The hostel was purpose-built in the 1970s and there's something of a vintage feel, especially in the shared bathrooms which, while spotless, are decidedly old-fashioned.
I'll give you an example, I've been watching games at the Salt Lake stadium since it opened in 1981 [now Atletico de Kolkata's home ground], when I was a kid, and I can honestly say watching a match there recently is the first time in my life I saw clean bathrooms!" Do you think it's attracting new audiences?
These range from a flat with a double bedroom and sea views (popular with writers who have been known to book several weeks at a time), a timber chalet that sleeps up to five, and a cottage with two double bedrooms with en suite bathrooms.
The treehouses are more like raised cabins with two levels, indoor nets to lounge about on, kitchenettes and bathrooms.
The wooden-floor pier tents are by a stream and fishpond, while glamping tents have a mezzanine level, bathrooms, TV and hot tub.
Ten rooms, including two family rooms with kitchenettes, are arranged in two houses, with polished concrete floors, mossie nets and small bathrooms.
Its six rooms are comfortable, with slick bathrooms and balconies, but no radio, TV or phones.
Surf Berbere is a British-run surf school with accommodation near Hash Point, one of the best point breaks in North Africa; apartments have bathrooms, satellite TV and wi-fi.
It has four airy bedrooms, sleeping eight – each filled with plush Moroccan carpets, antique chests and with gorgeous en-suite bathrooms – which open out on to a central, open-roofed courtyard with two fountains.
Vinyl wallpaper is best, but not essential for ventilated bathrooms.
Until 2005, detained fishermen were treated by the Australian government as being too primitive to require detention on land, with access to bathrooms, steady ground, shelter and away from lingering tropical mosquitoes.
