So I have been in máncora for a few days now and it's quite lovely. I'm staying at a Loki hostel which is a south American hostel chain. In retrospect, it would probably not be my first choice. But at the time, I didn't have too much info on the hostels here and a lot of them seemed like little shanty style, which I was done with. Plus it was 9 am and I had just finished a, like, 17 hour bus ride....so I was disoriented to say the least and in desperate need of a place to out my bag down and get a cup of coffee. The girl that I had met in Lima had stayed at a Loki before and had kind of convinced me of it already. Then when I stumbled upon it, I was totally down. It's a tad more expensive than what I was used to paying (36 soles/person for a small dorm versus 20-30soles per person for a private room) but they are right on the beach, have a pool, wi-fi, a bar, and offer breakfast. Plus the beds are quite comfy. Plus from what I had read the nicer hostels in máncora were going to be similarly priced. So there I was: Loki hostel for my last stay in Perú.
So they put me in a small dorm (4 people and a private bath) with 3 other guys. The one dude was sleeping the entire day that I arrived (rough night I suppose) and the other 2 checked out shortly after my arrival. I have no issue staying with guys. Granted I don't feel comfortable sleeping in my underwear but I don't typically get to do that when I'm staying in a dorm anyhow. That night I didn't see dude #1 at all and the other 2 beds stayed open. The next morning 2 more boys arrived. They are (and I could be wrong of their nationality) Matt from Australia and Tim I think from the uk. Tim however had been traveling so much that I kind of lost track of where he started. That iS one thing I have noticed. I have met a ton of europeans and a lot of them have been hopping around for at least 6 months if not longer. Mist be nice. I'm not quite sure how any if them can afford it but power to them. Though the one girl I spoke with did say that after she graduated she had planned this and moved back home to live with her parents and work to save. Which makes a lot of sense. Plus the pound and euro are so strong here (sîan said it was like 4.7 soles to the pound! It's only 2.7 to the dollar :( ) that I suppose they can travel a tad easier. I wish I got paid in £.
But yes, so they are all nice enough. Tim did some teaching in cusco so we had some good convos about teaching and American politics ( he thinks plain is quite the idiot!). However they are gross!!! They leave food all over the place, hair in the sink from shaving, I think there was pee on the floor near the toilet the other morning, and I'm pretty sure I woke up to one of them jacking off this morning. Ugh boys. And if that's not enough you wake up (and I'm usually the first up) they have the luck to just sleep in their boxers, but boxers don't alwAys provide a ton of privacy and because it's the beach we just have a sheet on our beds which you don't really use because it's so flipping warm....so yea I've seen a bit more than I'd care to in that regard. At this rate, I'll never want to live with another boy again!!
Other than that the hostel is fine. Though noisy as hell. It's kind of like throwing yourself into a giant Real World/frat party extravaganza. I think I prefer the mellow little hostels with fewer accomodations. But I guess you live and learn!
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