This hostel is very hippy, but does have a pretty cool vibe. I was travelling with two people I'd met recently and we opted for a private room, with bathroom for 7$ each. The dorms were pretty basic and we all had computers with us. (Wifi is $2 for 24 hours). The walls in our room were nicely painted and the drinks in the bar were pretty cheap.
The downfall of our stay at this hostel? They have two monkeys out back, a nice one and a mean one. While they have a sign that says, "Monkeys can bite" or something similar, they don't have a sign that says, "one of these monkeys used to be a ring-fighting monkey, and he WILL attack you if you are not its owner". Yes, that sounds harsh but thats what everyone staying at the hostel warned. My friend got to close to the mean monkey, yes it was her fault for getting too close, and it bit her.
While the monkey bite itself was not the hostels fault, they reacted as though it was nothing. They casually told our taxi driver to take her to the hospital. We are pretty chill people but his reaction was too non-chalant. She had to take anti-biotics, strong pain killers, get a tetanus booster shot, and her bite also got infected within 24 hours. The moral of the story, don't even go near the monkey. It seems a bit weird to put such an aggressive monkey in your place of business.
