Santiago Hostel and Traveling

Carlos was fantastic! Soon after I called and made a reservation, he called and confirmed and asked me several questions which helped me plan my travel route from Guate City to Costa Rica. This hostel specializes in providing a cheap room along with information to travel through Central America on the Tika Bus.The hotel provided a decent stay, especially if you're leaving on a Tika Bus early in the morning, since the bus lobby is the first floor of the hotel. I paid for a room for two with a shared bathroom. The rooms were New York style small. I pushed the two twin beds together to make room for our bags. There were two bathroom down the hall. However with only 3 rooms on the 3rd floor (and at least one of those rooms had a private bath), I never saw anyone use the same bathrooms as us. There was a LOT of car traffic noise from the busy street all night long. The curtains on the windows were sheer and did not block out much light. I'm a mom and was traveling with my 9-year old daughter and I always felt safe. We even took the public bus two stops to a small mall and this was very easy to do.