In my last blog post, I promised to describe my hostel, which I of course will, though, mostly for my own sake.
I found the hostel by recommendation of Helene, and I've promised not to pass the name or address to anyone but friends, so I wont post it on this public blog...
The hostel is absolutely perfectly situated, centrally and with great views of most of the city. It's hosted by an elderly Jehovas Witnesses couple and probably hasn't been renovated the past 20-30 years.
And they are elderly, the owners. It took madam approx. 10 minutes to climb the stairs to the first floor, so she could show me my room. She also had a longer negotiation with herself, whether it was too much to ask the full charge for my room as I would be staying 3 nights. Considering full charge was 12,000 pesos (25 USD) per night including breakfast, I wasn't the one negotiating with her. It's at least half of what you pay anywhere else.
The decoration of the hostel is based on the colors pink and mint green, respectively shown by the toilet hallway (toilets and baths are shared, but as I was the only guest, I wasn't really sharing) and my room.
When the walls aren't screamingly colored, they're covered by a blooming tapestry and the breakfast hall is decorated with all sorts of souvenirs and fake flowers.
The stairway to...
The breakfast hall
Of course a place like this has a roof top terrace on fourth floor with a 360 degree view of Valparaíso. I took a few evening shots from there.
Finally, I got to show the note that was put up several places in the hostel. The owners did actually speak English well enough to manage check in and out, but this sign looks like it started out in Spanish and then took a journey through Google Translate...
If any of you are going to Valparaíso and are tempted to stay at this place, which I can highly recommend, just ask. Perhaps, I'll pass on the secret....
Location:S/r,Paine,Chile
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