rio nature hostel: a review

since they took half of my cash, i think its only fair that i express my thoughts about the place. to be fair, if their "policy" is to keep half of the reservation when canceling then fine; my bad. but to keep half when you haven't even been there a whole hour! keep the first night's costs. but half? when the hostel isn't even fully booked? ok ok so it went down like this:

after 20-30 feet of climbing uneven slabs of concrete stairs into the sky, i finally reached the lobby. it was a stale and mosquito ridden space of fifa propaganda, walls covered in astro-turf. the receptionist gave me a quick rundown and hurriedly handed me a map and plastic bag of sheets. no key? odd.

she walks me to my room, again more steps to climb. we get there, the door knob is TAPED TO THE DOOR! i guess that's why i didn't get a key. we walk inside and there's 5 bunkbeds/10 beds inside; exactly what i had chosen on the website. what i didn't forsee though was how close in proximity they were going to be of each other. the room was no bigger than 12x12. nay! i would say 10x10! TO THE POINT where the guy next bunk would've had his grimy feet next to my pillow. 

in my head i said, ok. hey, you're here for the world cup, you've seen worse - and have i - i walked back to the lobby hung out for a bit, got on the wifi, checked in with loved ones and took it all in. but something just didn't click. the place was plain ol' sketch and when i say sketch i mean: the area, the people who were staying there, overall safety of the hostel grounds. still i dismissed these thoughts and told myself that it was no thang.

i come back to my room. i forget that my door knob is taped to the door and there goes the door knob flying into the murkiness that is my room. i finally find it and attach it back to the door. i wiggle into my space and begin making my bed. i unwrap the plastic bag and take out the bed sheets and pillow covers to see that my sheets have blotched stains on them. i freeze and close my eyes for a brief second. in my stillness again i think of other worse situations that i've been on. i hunker down and crawl to the farthest corner away from the blotches of God knows what. 

after a few minutes of looking at my rape cell, i come to the realization that this hostel is truly a piece of SHIT! i pack my stuff and head out to the lobby where i talk to the receptionist. she's real polite and in the back of her head, i know that what i'm telling her is valid. but since she's probably staying in the hostel for free, she didn't want to risk her job and still decided to keep half of what i paid.

to the owner of this hostel...you p.o.s.

i'm sure that you're not the only person who's been blinded by FIFA greed but wow, i've been to 30 plus countries and this has been one of the worse hostels i've ever witnissed. at least keep your hostel clean! and have lockers that conventional locks fit! instead of a hostel, just list this place as a brothel or a love hotel. you truly shame the name of "hostel" and trust me, that is a very hard task to do. 

anywho, if i dissaude just one person away form this hellhole, than i've done my job. trust me, just pay the extra bucks and stay at better spot. that's all i have to say.