Totally adequate hostel. We had a double private room with shared bath (240MXP) , it was nicely quiet and had enough blankets to deal with the fact that it was very cold in the room. The bathrooms were very clean and the water nice and hot. The place lacks a bit of ambiance, not super friendly but good enough. The major draw back was the bed, thin foam over a slab of wood, felt like sleeping on the ground. Probably felt it more since my hips were already bruised from camping.

Are you the type of hostel traveler who likes to use the kitchen at night, stay out late to enjoy the local night scene and get a good night's rest? None of these things are possible to do here and the worst part about it is, there's an extremely temperamental owner who threatened to come to blows over next to nothing.

Indeed, the Mexican owner threatened us physically over our objections about staying in later than the 11am checkout time. We overslept, plain and simple, but cleaned our room in agreement with his French co-owner / associate. We also were nice enough to offer and wait to explain the situation to the hot-tempered Mexican owner, feeling confident that he'd be reasonable enough to recognize our loyalty and let us walk without any extra charges.

He didn't. He got aggressive and demanded we pay 100 pesos for over-staying. We reluctantly agreed to do so, but promised to write about our disappointing experience. That's when he threatened to get violent and had to be restrained by the French owner. Crazy stuff, we weren't willing to come to blows over 100 pesos, but this guy was.

That unpleasant incident wasn't the only disappointment. There were others.

When I first stayed here, there was much more diverse clientele, including Italians, U.S.-folks and a sprinkling of "Chilangos." Now, however, the hostel has turned into practically a French-only compound, with not the friendliest of guests. Mostly, they congregate together and only speak French (not Spanish, much less English).

Last, but not least, the rules are too strict here. An 11am checkout is early, most places have noon and 1pm checkout times. What's more, the kitchen closes down at 10pm, also an annoyance.

The better days of Los Camellos have since disappeared. More's the pity, as the French couple who are two of the three co-owners are nice and friendly and the atmosphere used to be a lot better. Not anymore.