During the trip to Scotland Highlands, my friends and I rented a car from Glasgow and drove up to the north of Scotland. Even though my Australian driver license is expired and without having my Malaysian driver license with me, I still drive on the road of Scotland
(well, they do most of the driving, I only drove on our trip back to Paisley).
While we were at the Scotland Highlands, we stayed mostly at youth hostels or backpacker hostels. Sometimes it depends on one's luck to stay in the youth hostels or backpacker hostels. Some of the hostels are clean with good management; the tenants are very considerate too. But some other times it can be old, tatty, with mixed, inconsiderate tenants.
Generally the youth hostels and backpacker hostels in the UK and Europe are very well managed and maintained due to the common practice of backpacking. The price is well-acceptable too. You can either book in advance online or phone, or walk in to find a bed on the day.
We didn't make any advance booking for this trip to the highlands. We were traveling with our own pace and deciding during the journey which town to stay over night.
When we arrived at Inverness, it was raining cats and dogs. We had to walk in the rain to find an accommodation. Luckily we found one which is recommended by the travel information booklet. This backpacker hostel is at High Street, on the second floor, with Chinese Take-Away, Fish and Chip and Kebab shop on the ground floor, also a Zen-bar Restaurant on the first floor.
I felt a bit strange when I climbed up the stairs to the hostel. The stairs are covered by dark, flourish red carpet. The staircase is dark and smells old. It felt like going to the 'red light district'
.
The surprise came when we step into the hostel. Basically second and third floors are equipped with bedrooms, dome, showers, toilets and common room. Clean and tidy. What's more astonishing is all the walls are decorated with hand-painted murals. Some are comics; some are cultural painting, they are all very creative and colourful.
In additions, all the rooms are named by countries, with the characteristic painting of that particular country on the door.
A good choice and luck with accommodation for the night in Inverness.
苏格兰游记-住宿篇
去苏格兰高地(SCOTLAND HIGHLANDS)
我们一行四人租了一辆车子
就浩浩荡荡出发了
虽然我的澳洲驾照已经逾期
马来西亚驾照又没有带在身旁
还是敢敢地驾驶在苏格兰的大道上
(但多数时候都是其他人驾车)
在苏格兰高地的时候
我们都是投宿在青年旅舍
住在青年旅舍
有时候得靠运气
有些干净制度良好
投宿者都会照顾其他人的方便
有些就比较旧没那么清洁
投宿者也可能比较复杂
大致上英国欧洲国家因为背包旅行的普遍
青年旅舍都搞得井井有条
非常方便并且价格大众化
可以上网预定
也可以到了当地才入宿
这一趟苏格兰高地之旅
我们都没有事先预定住宿
都是随兴到了天暗驾车到了哪个市镇
就在哪儿投宿
记得抵达INVERNESS的时候
天公不作美
下着倾盆大雨
我们冒着雨按着地址狼狈地找着适合的住宿
终於让我们找到一间在旅游手册介绍的青年旅舍
就在大街(HIGH ST) 一角的楼上
楼下是CHINESE TAKE-AWAY，FISH AND CHIP，KEBAB SHOP
踏上楼梯时
感觉怪怪的
因为楼梯都铺着花花绿绿的大红地毯
楼梯间有点暗有点旧味道
有点象上青楼的感觉噢
怪怪的
踏入旅舍时才发现内有乾坤
原来三楼四楼都有房间
还有厨房浴室厕所公用室
而且更意外之喜是
这儿的墙壁设计都是手绘壁画
幽默滑稽
每间房间都有个国家主题
房间门口都有漂亮色彩鲜艳的壁画
非常有特色
more 
我喜欢中间那幅 