Hostels in Lima

... Paz, Bolivia. I'm going with a small tour group(12 people) so I'm sure I can manage not to get lost. I'll be staying in hostels and hotels most of the time but I will be camping for about 5-6 days. I'll try to update every couple of days or whenever I ...

... 4 beds was clean, and most importantly empty.  I had a whole room to myself, which was a nice change.  I love the social hostels, but a little privacy was nice for a night. The following day I met up with Ken Plato, a friend of Tom Morgan.  ...

... not go in the ocean once even though we camped on the beach for our first four nights in the city! The tourist section of Lima, Miraflores, is very beautiful and well taken care of.  It is very safe, there are cops everywhere, and there is obviously ...

... . But the taxi driver here had an official badge and we couldn“t be bothered dealing with finding a cheaper one. we asked him about hostels and he took us to one which had just opened... clearly an agreement between the two of them. the Hostel calls him ...

... , and a foot taller than the average peruvian.  i get all sorts of stares and comments.  I“ve probably seen enough of Lima already.  There“s just not a ton to see and the city is sooo busy and crazy and dirty. hehe i may spend ...

... our flight to Quito, Ecuador - home of jungles, volcanoes and of course the Galapagos Islands... What we learned: -  Not much about Lima as we were only there less than 24 hours! -  Just when we think we're getting to ...

... say for this entry. We arrived by night bus (resulting in a complete absence of sleep as usual), and only stayed a single night in Lima before moving on. We stayed in the Miraflores area, which is meant to be one of the nicest areas of the city, although ...

... into hostel and realise why it is not rated anywhere - no one stays here! Literally, i have seen no other guests today. Hostels are usually vibrant, lots of comings and goings, activity inside and out, here nothing. The place is actually quite decent, has ...

Okay off to Lima we went a simple enough affair until somebody steals your backpack off the bus. We travelled via the Flores bus company which we have travelled on a number of time whilst in Peru and not had any troubles before. Anyway having two small ...

... true - just £3.33 a night! That's probably the cheapest we've paid for accomodation and it was definitely one of the best hostels. Truly designed and run by backpackers it had everything we needed including kitchen, lovely spacious dorm rooms, a tv with ...

... us if we needed help finding a hotel AND he had brochures and everything. They are great sales people down here. We tried a few hostels and found one that would let us check in at 9:30 am which was heavenly. We slept, checked email, took care of a ...

... to the Loki Hostels previously described. The funny thing about this hostel is that there are 3 branches of the flying dog hostels in Lima is that they“re all located just a few dozen meters from each other... Anyhow, after settling down we went for ...

... but the move into a hostel in a less wealthy area of Lima was not quite as smooth. My new place of residence, Link Hostels, is actually well located, extremely clean, and staffed with smiles and great advice, but I had been massively spoiled for my first ...

... hour tours are a great way to see a lot in a short space of time. Make sure you do visit Downtown Lima. Most of the hotels / hostels are in Miraflores and Barranco. Whilst these areas are definitely worth seeing too, most of the oldest and most ...

... of the districts of the Lima Province known for its shopping areas, gardens, parks, beaches, cafes, restaurants and hotels / hostels.  Parque Kennedy was a good spot to hang out and just watch the mix of locals and tourists going about ...

... nbsp;On the downside, we had left our new friends behind. Also have no more comfortable hotels, it was back to the hostels! Most importaantly, we would have to start organising ourselves again.....but all part of the fun!  On the ...

... was clean and the British guy who runs the place was very knowledgeable and happy to answer our questions.  The usual boring breakfast the hostels give us here (two rolls with one pat of butter and a plop of jam, tea) was supplemented with a banana, ...

... then a LOT of them do not. Loki is the mythical being of mischief in Norse mythology and mischief definitely abounds in these hostels! They have one in Lima, one in Cusco and one opened in La Paz as we were in Lima. They're owned/run by mostly Irish guys ...