The Travel Fraternity

Loki Hostel is a co-ed travel fraternity. Once I decided against a homestay (time was too short), Josh and I decided to go whole hog in terms of a social hostel and came here upon the following reviews:

• ¨Don´t come here if you are a recovering alcoholic. Otherwise, definitely come here. Superb.¨
• ¨For the love of God, this place is frickin' crazy. 1st night we wuz there we saw some New Zealand guy who looked like Prefontaine climb the rafters and everyone saw his little weiner, very disturbing. He then put ketchup and mustard all over himself, thinking that he was a hot dog. Needless to say, the message is simple, don't smoke crack. And don't be from New Zealand.¨
• http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/LOKIBackpackerHostel-Cusco-11829/reviews/?page=1&Show=comments&HostelNumber=11829&SwapTo=5&Order=

English is the modus operandi, but German and French are also well-represented. It´s been great to toggle between English, German, and Spanish in the evenings at the dinners and bar (both in-house at Loki). Signs say that no alcohol is to be consumed before 1pm, but that is not observed, least of all by the bartender. As expected, everyone is uber-social.

On Tuesday night was Loki´s 3rd anniversary bash. The theme was Twisted Prom, which translated into lots of crossdressing. My four hours of Spanish lessons the next morning starting at 9am, were dificil.

At least a hearty breakfast is always available the morning after (served 6am-1pm). For $3 you can get a large pancake with fruit and a banana smoothie (yum!), and Cuzco is one of the most expensive locations in South America.

Finally, I ran into Nithya Rajagopalan here, SIW and Stanford ´08 compatriot. Small world.