Flying Dog Hostel Iquitos — Hotel in Iquitos

It may have been because it was a "higher-cost" dorm room with a/c (not a regular one without a/c) because there was really "quite sufficient" space in that 4-bed room (with only one bunk bed & two regular beds, one or two furniture pieces with sets of drawers, 4 big lockers, and even like a small "sun roof" at a little above the regular ceiling in the room). And apart from the comfortable room, nice to hang out was also the lobby area (a spacious one like a big "living room" or such with seats around a coffee table and where there's also a big-screen TV). The breakfast was basic but more or less sufficient (with like an egg sandwich that you can ask the kitchen staff for).||||And as for the location on the riverfront, there's not much of a view of the river itself (I would just say "more leaves" than water to see in the river and where actually just across the waterfront promenade in front of this place and right below is like a cluster of "makeshift structures" where people live), but at just a few-minute walk from here (to the left after coming out) is the Indigenous Museum with two floors of displays (really a "quite comprehensive" museum despite its small size), and at a further 5-to-10-minute walk from that museum is also another one which is on a riverboat (with displays on its three decks about the European settlement of the area & also about the "boom & bust" of the rubber economy more than a century ago which I found quite fascinating to learn). And also along the waterfront (right between those two museums) is a "clearing area" with some nice restaurants (among which is one with filling meals & good prices where I ate a number of times during my stay) and shops for nice "Iquitos souvenirs" & like artworks of the Amazon (not just on the promenade itself but also at slightly down below on some "structure-on-stilts" in the water). And also at just one block up from this place (in the opposite direction from going to the water) is a shopping street "quite vibrant" in the evening after dark (a great place for a stroll or...

It may have been because it was a "higher-cost" dorm room with a/c (not a regular one without a/c) because there was really "quite sufficient" space in that 4-bed room (with only one bunk bed & two regular beds, one or two furniture pieces with sets of drawers, 4 big lockers, and even like a small "sun roof" at a little above the regular ceiling in the room). And apart from the comfortable room, nice to hang out was also the lobby area (a spacious one like a big "living room" or such with seats around a coffee table and where there's also a big-screen TV). The breakfast was basic but more or less sufficient (with like an egg sandwich that you can ask the kitchen staff for).||||And as for the location on the riverfront, there's not much of a view of the river itself (I would just say "more leaves" than water to see in the river and where actually just across the waterfront promenade in front of this place and right below is like a cluster of "makeshift structures" where people live), but at just a few-minute walk from here (to the left after coming out) is the Indigenous Museum with two floors of displays (really a "quite comprehensive" museum despite its small size), and at a further 5-to-10-minute walk from that museum is also another one which is on a riverboat (with displays on its three decks about the European settlement of the area & also about the "boom & bust" of the rubber economy more than a century ago which I found quite fascinating to learn). And also along the waterfront (right between those two museums) is a "clearing area" with some nice restaurants (among which is one with filling meals & good prices where I ate a number of times during my stay) and shops for nice "Iquitos souvenirs" & like artworks of the Amazon (not just on the promenade itself but also at slightly down below on some "structure-on-stilts" in the water). And also at just one block up from this place (in the opposite direction from going to the water) is a shopping street "quite vibrant" in the evening after dark (a great place for a stroll or...

We have stayed in a ‘Flying Dog’ Hostel before so booked in for the two nights after we returned from a multi-day jungle excursion. To say we were disappointed is an understatement: We were looking forward to our first hot shower in nearly a week. It never happened. The shower in our room wasn’t working. The wifi was ridiculously slow - 0.25 mbps. On our first morning we had no electricity, no water - that includes no water to flush the toilet! no wifi, no water for hot drinks ( the 10 litre saucepan didn’t come to the boil during the time we were having breakfast). We had more comforts in the jungle!!||||When the water and electricity were reinstated in the afternoon, we still didn't have a working shower so we were relocated into a smaller room - without the river view. We moved our bags into this room and didn’t return until later that evening. What we returned to was the smell of sewage emitting from the bathroom. When I was about to have a shower I found my towel to be blood-splattered. I really don’t think it could possibly get any worse.||||We paid 100 Soles a night for this disaster( 200 soles for 2 nights), much more than we had paid for another hostel in the city a few days previously. I asked for a 50% refund which I considered reasonable. The guy on the desk wasn’t able to authorise this so called his boss who offered 20 Soles refund - 10%.||||The manager refused to budge on this offer.||||In fairness to to the hostel staff, they were friendly and as helpful as they could be. I guess we were unlucky. This hostel could have been good, it is in a good location, our first room had a great view overlooking the river and it is a short walk along the boulevard to the tourist centre. Apart from everything else I have written, the roms were comfortable and included air conditioning||||If I was one of the owners of the Flying Dog chain of hostels, I would be seriously considering the damage that the ‘manager’ has caused to the reputation of the...