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Haha spot on 😀 I stayed in hostels for 5 years in my early solo travel days and there were some interesting types you’d run into for sure! I found after a while it was nice to get a private hostel room, and you could escape the peervy / horny roommates 😀
I so agree with all of these. I remember the first time I encountered a roommate who had sex in our room (in ChiangMai), a female room. The guy was from the other room, and they were so loud at 1am that the other roommate just shouted at them to get the hell out. hahaa.. life at the hostel indeed
Hostel life sound very interesting. I am sure you have tons of stories to go with each.
I stay at hostels every now and then. 4&6 happened to me at the same hostel I was staying at in Sydney. The dorm was mostly a landfill because all the other tenants were long term ones on working holiday visa in Australia. The sex, happened one late night on the bunk bed below me, and continued well into the morning I wasn’t even sure how to get down from my bed without embarrassing the couple, or rather, myself. 😀
I loved reading this post, it is a honest and funny recap of what you can find at hostels. Sometimes it’s all fun and you meet great people. Some other times… well. Ugh.
I’ve had people have sex in my hostel room, it’s totally awkward! There are definitely characters but it they are also a lot of fun. 🙂
I worked in the hostelling industry for many years, and you are so right, you meet the most amazing and interesting people. You will also find out the most fantastic travel recommendations from fellow travellers. Though saying that, these days I prefer to stay as far away from a dorm as I can 😉
Nope, nope, nope. While I had a chuckle reading this, hostels are my idea of hell. I’ve never stayed in one and your descriptions of loud, messy, horny and can’t control themselves even in the presence of strangers people that you encounter are precisely one huge reason why a hostel will never be my cup of tea. I very much like my privacy.
Asking permission to have sex ís super weird… people are aweful sometimes!
Wow, you’ve had some real characters in your hostels! Thankfully I’ve never experienced people in my dorm having sex, but the other reasons you listed are why I’ve started trying to use Air BnB if there are cheap places available. I value my sleep, personal hygiene and privacy a lot more now that I’m a little older!
Oh my god, #4 is real! At least they were polite. I was awoken by drunken sex on the lower bunk – the first thing that popped to mind was that there was an earthquake. I had to take a shower once they finished because honestly felt like I was dirty lol
Haha that’s funny Teesh. I would probably give a commentary like in basketball or probably turn on the lights and do a Zumba 😉
Yay! Thanks Aleah ? and congrats to the new design!