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Jungle Party HostalLa Antigua |
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Avoid this place like the plague my friends and I were initially really excited about this hostel, but we only stayed for one night (Nov 4th 2008) because when I woke up in the morning, I was covered in bug bites. I literally had about thirty on each arm, a few on my shoulders and neck and even face. When checking out, I told the desk lady how when I went to bed, I didn't have a single bug bite, but when I woke up I was covered in them. She feigned concern (and disgust) but still made me pay for my stay because only the owner could authorize a comp. Of course the owner wasn't going to be there until later in the afternoon. We decided to leave and visit a hostel outside Antigua instead. Throughout the day, the bug bites all swelled and blistered up to three or five times their original size. The next day, I was back in Antigua visiting a doctor. Between the doctor visit and and prescriptions i spent about 500 Q (the equivalent of $75 US), money I didn't have. I went back to the jungle party to talk to the owner, of course she wasn't there again. Staying at the jungle party nearly ruined my trip to Guatemala. I was only to be in Guatemala for three weeks, the incident happened on my fourth day there (the 4th of November). Per doctors orders, I was not to swim or be in the sun for a week due to the bites. When visiting Lake Atitlan, I could not swim or cliff dive as I had hoped, could not go outside at all without long sleeves. I actually had to buy two new long sleeve shirts because I didn't have any packed for my trip. Plus, I looked like a leper with boils all over my skin for the duration of my trip. Now it is the 25th of november, and I still have marks on my arms where the bites are still healing (three weeks later!). To make it all worse, through our travels we met some people who had stayed there about a week before we had. They said that someone else staying in that exact same room as we had had woken up covered in bug bites. So obviously the management knew there was a problem with either the room or the mattress. Besides all of this, the Jungle party wasn't that neat anyway.
Nasty Jungle party hostal charged me for something they shouldn't have, then called the tourist police to threaten me to pay. Nasty.
Extremely friendly and helpful staff, great chill out area and bar, good food, wonderful hot water showers. But watch out for Monica and her music quiz. (all her answers are wrong but she won't have it!)
I was super disgusted by the state of Jungle Party hostel. Our dorm room smelled moldy, all the lockers were full of paint and household supplies so we couldn't store our things, the mattresses were broken, the pillows smelly, and there was a very stained mattress propped up against one of the walls in our room. The bean bags were covered with dog hair and other odd marks and the staff seemed more interested in talking to each other than actually helping any of the guests. I would never ever recommend this hostel to anyone.
We had a marvelous time at Jungle Party. The staff is very nice and helpful. The free dancing lessons were great and Halloween 2005 was a blast. I'll never forget dancing with the mummy and Dolly Parton's huge chest. Hope all is well in the Jungle Party!
The best place to stay in Antigua; I had a such a great time. I planned to stay only 2 days, but it became 2 weeks. The staff were super frendly, and Tiara is the most beautiful dog ever. I enjoyed the best smoothies, really good music, and the BBQ on Sunday--so good. Hostelz.com is the only hostel guide with complete information and reviews on all youth hostels and backpackers worldwide. About Hostelz.com - Contact Hostelz.com - Add a New Hostel - Group Bookings - Reservations at Jungle Party Hostal
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2.8 Average from 6 Ratings
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