Sydney again...

Silas is going back to Japan tomorrow so we decided to come to Sydney yesterday and spend some time here.
I thought it would be a good idea to book a hotel ahead, and found a great deal on a last-minute internet site.
The hotel is right next to central station, in the middle of everything- perfect!

So when we arrived yesterday morning, the events that happened in the first 10 minutes made us question just how good the deal was...

Firstly, there was a guy standing in the doorway, wearing nothing but a bath towel, shouting abuse at the young, female Korean receptionist. This is the door that connects reception to the street! So he was pretty much on the footpath. Apparently the water shut off in the middle of his shower and he was late for work.

This guy had only just stormed back up the stairs when an ambulance pulled up out front. The ambulance officer pulled the stretcher bed out as 2 paramedics came down the stairs half carrying a scruffy, dirty little man with long hair and a long beard.
They were directly followed by 3 police officers carrying garbage bags.
I asked the receptionist if this guy was OK, she replied "oh yes, he's fine, he was just feeling a little sick so the ambulance came"..... right.

So then we got our key and made our way cautiously up the stairs... just before we reached the door to our room, the 2 guys that were walking in front of us pulled out a set of keys and opened our door. "Uhmm.... that's our room" I said. One guy turned and said "Yep, we just have to check the water pipes, won't be a minute."

Silas and I were standing in the hallway with all our luggage, looking at each other, wondering what we'd got ourselves into.

The guys left so we tried to open the door, but our key didn't fit! We had to change it at reception, and then we tried again.

The first thing we saw when the door was opened was the stained blanket on the bed. The bathroom is actually just a small toilet room that's had a shower head installed in the wall in front of the toilet, so you have to make sure the toilet paper is placed safely somewhere outside before using it.

After throwing the dirty blanket into a corner, and being relieved to see that the sheets were spotless- no bloodstains- we collapsed onto the double bed and relaxed to the sound of drilling and hammering that's going on right outside the door (some kind of renovation).
I'm afraid that any moment someone's going to unlock the door and come right in!

I think we're going to count our losses and find another hotel for tonight.