The Dreamer Hostel

The Dreamer Hostel, where to even begin.  I never thought I would be able to find a hostel that was truly more amazing than Kabul Backpackers in Barcelona, Spain but low and behold it happened.  What originally was supposed to be less than a week somehow turned into two.  Even before coming to The Dreamer I was told how awesome it was and I would probably end up stuck there (Henry Bowlsby) my posh English friend who wound up staying there a month.  Well I guess it wasn’t a lie this place had it all.  All near 70 spaces at full capacity, a huge pool for the constant 90F/33C year round temperature, a surprisingly good Italian restaurant, fast wifi, close to the supermarket, and easy access to all the amazing beaches around the area.  I met so many amazing people while staying at this hostel it felt like we had become a family.  Dennis paid for an extra flight to stay extra time, Shauna and Taylor cancelled their other hostel to spend more time and you can say the same of Ollie and I; Since I was there nearly an extra five days.  Ollie and Luke who were both traveling together for the past 8 months were at the end of their trip and heading back to England, Dennis had a week before he had to go to Holland, and Shauna and Taylor were almost done and headed back to Canada.  The hostel is always looking for help in return for a free stay and meal.   The cost to stay there is roughly $12 a day and the meals range from $4 to $9.  So Ollie and Luke decided to work at the bar to take advantage of this.  They even gave the bar a name, which had never been done before “Pigs”.  VodkaPig was Ollie’s nickname back in England because he could consume so much Vodka like it was in a trough, the slogan they came up with “Pigs its like rolling in shit”, pure genius ha.  It probably was the easiest job I have ever seen in my life, minus my 4 years working at the Africana Studies department where I simply had to point my finger to kids in direction to their professors’ offices while I watched dvds or did hw.  Feeding hostel kids 2 choices of beer, and either rum, vodka or tequila while they got to party at the same time from 6pm-midnight.  Then they would go out with everyone.  Half their hours were spent sitting playing drinking games with everyone.  Not to mention the Shakira looking front desk clerks, I would definitely recommend this hostel to anyone regardless of age.  Since this trip I have noticed a huge influx of adults 35-60 staying in hostels I guess it’s a sign of the times.

Ashley on the 1 night she drank wonder why

    

The Group minus Ash

Shauna and I teaching the rest of the world the North American game of flip cup