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The mixed dorm is very uncomfortable. So much so I booked an Airbnb for my second night, to hold me over until I could move into the female dorm. They keep the spaces as clean as they can, but it's all so cramped and old that you feel grimy and damp all the time anyway. There's a subtle, constant sewage smell throughout the space and the building's 3 small bathrooms are always occupied since they're combined shower/toilets. The mixed dorm's kitchen is unusable given how cramped and old it is; I tried just using the mini fridge, but it went out overnight so I found all the food I bought rotted the next day. The rooms are TINY, so even my 4-bed dorm felt crowded and claustrophobic. They have the smallest and most rickety bunk beds I've encountered in my 4 months of hostel stays; the poor guy in the bunk below me was so tall that when he stood, he towered over me even being in the top bunk. The lockers can't fit anything more than a small purse or backpack (vs the locker size in the female room could hold my suitcase, big backpack, and purses all at once), and they're so flimsy that it wouldn't make much of a difference anyway (you also need your own lock). The walls are very thin, so you're not only hearing the snorers in your room, but every noise from the lobby and the surrounding rooms. I wore earplugs and still couldn't get any sleep. Also, none of the dorm doors locked, which made me feel unsafe as a solo female traveler. My first night there I got back late around midnight, and there was a seemingly random man sleeping on the couch of the lobby, which was directly connected with our room. I think he was a past guest whose late-night flight got canceled and had no other option, which I sympathize with, but not knowing that at the time, it made me even more uncomfy that the dorm rooms do not have any locks (and annoyed because his snores were blasting through the walls all night).

The management sprayed 'mosquito' spray all over our room/ bedding/ belongings when we were still in there getting ready one morning. The smell was absolutely vile and made us all cough a lot. we thought it weird for her to spray this all over the walls, a girl I met in the room mentioned she found a bed bug which makes more sense as to why they were spraying. Be cautious of this hostel as they may have bed bugs, and for the high price of the hostel I'm unsure it's worth the risk.