{"id":5930,"date":"2025-01-04T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T16:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=5930"},"modified":"2025-01-04T18:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T18:11:12","slug":"hostel-shenanigans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=5930","title":{"rendered":"Hostel Shenanigans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There was Hostel Drama this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone who checked in late snuck\/let a guy into\u00a0 the women&#8217;s dorm, left enough of a mess on the bedding &amp; towel that hostel owner fined her, and I suspect there&#8217;s a pretty good chance the sneaking in is a scam they run regularly to avoid paying for two beds. (Hostel owner would have fined her more if she could have <em>proved<\/em> that the sneaking in occurred, but settled for damages for bloodstained sheet &amp; towel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m half expecting to hear that the same sort of drama happened at another hostel tonight; I saw the two people head off from a cafe, and while he wandered off empty-handed in one direction, she had a bag and headed further down the no exit street, towards a bunch of other hostels.<br>Then he turned up again a bit later.<br>The hostel owner here did post about it on a shared group they all have, so if this is a regular thing for them, &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1721183099088747889062734-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1721183099088747889062734-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1721183099088747889062734-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1721183099088747889062734-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1721183099088747889062734-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1721183099088747889062734-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1721183099088747889062734.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mocha Art at Brewginning Coffee <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1753318774135587780297134-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1753318774135587780297134-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1753318774135587780297134-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1753318774135587780297134-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1753318774135587780297134-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1753318774135587780297134-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_20250104_1753318774135587780297134.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As the exhibit clearly shows, having read the gag in the bar name, the accused had no choice but to enter the establishment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pixlr_202501041838589478546862170476864455-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pixlr_202501041838589478546862170476864455-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pixlr_202501041838589478546862170476864455-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pixlr_202501041838589478546862170476864455-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pixlr_202501041838589478546862170476864455-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pixlr_202501041838589478546862170476864455-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pixlr_202501041838589478546862170476864455.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the record, I am close to the equator, so the sun sets quickly, giving an <strong>entirely false<\/strong> impression that I&#8217;ve been here a long time.<br><br><em>And the second 620ml beer bottle?<\/em><br><br>Perhaps we should stop asking awkward questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was Hostel Drama this morning. 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