Monday, February 15, 2010

La Terra Suiza, the hostel I'm staying in on the inside is like a chalet and log cabin, everything is wooden panelled, the walls, the ceilings, the floor is wood, there are wooden beams all over the place, wooden furniture, wood definitely springs to mind. There is an old fashioned wood burning stove in the corner, possibly because it can get very cold here in winter and they don't have central heating or radiators like we do in the UK. The roof is very angular like a chalet and the whole outside has wooden cladding. There is even a three sided shed in the back with all the chopped up wood for the stove and bbqs. The hostel is reviewed in lonely planet, hostelworld's website and pretty much all the tourism booklets about accommodation in Villarrica. I read a review and it roughly reads 'a quite place, good value with firm comfortable mattresses'. I'm sorry but I can't agree with that, it is cheap, it is very comfortable but quiet, please. Its the most creaky and noisy place I have ever been, you can here a toilet flush and tap run anywhere in the hostel, the floor is really clean and squeaky with trainers on. The walls seem to move and creak an awful lot with every movement people make. Plus there is nearly a dog barking constantly outside somewhere. You have to understand that when you stay in a mixed dorm in a hostel, you are never really guaranteed a good nights sleep, you always get the odd snorer or noisy sleeper, I am used to this as I always stay in hostels and don't care too much about it even the lights being turned on and off sporadically for most of the night.

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