The best place for long term travellers to stay in Oaxaca - International Andaina Hostel
Review of the International Andaina Hostel in Oaxaca, Mexico, based on my stay in January 2021
I stayed here in December for 3 nights before I went to Zipolite and am now back again for an unknown length of time.
Why is the Andaina the best place for long term travellers and anyone else on a low budget, to stay in Oaxaca?
During the Coronavirus pandemic, dorm rooms are no longer the way to go. I have stayed healthy all this time and I am keen to continue this trend.
And as a long term traveller, now of no fixed abode and no regular income, I need to be selective in where I stay.
The Andaina has all the facilities any good hostel should have yet here they offer single rooms at dorm room prices, even lower when you want to stay for a week or more!
Using my Booking dot com genius discount, the cheapest option is 160MXN per night. Walk-in rate is 190MXN. @January 2021, 1US$=20MXN(Peso).
The weekly rate, paid in person, is 854MXN. That's 122MXN a night. 6US$ a night.
If you don't mind commitment, the monthly rate is 3000MXN. Yup, just 5US$ a night.
It is 2021 and amazingly, one can still sleep for such a (low) cost.
So what does one get for 6US$ a night (yes I paid by the week)?
My room:
My room, one of 9 similar sized rooms on the 3rd floor (bless this mess):
During the Coronavirus pandemic, dorm rooms are no longer the way to go. I have stayed healthy all this time and I am keen to continue this trend.
And as a long term traveller, now of no fixed abode and no regular income, I need to be selective in where I stay.
The Andaina has all the facilities any good hostel should have yet here they offer single rooms at dorm room prices, even lower when you want to stay for a week or more!
Using my Booking dot com genius discount, the cheapest option is 160MXN per night. Walk-in rate is 190MXN. @January 2021, 1US$=20MXN(Peso).
The weekly rate, paid in person, is 854MXN. That's 122MXN a night. 6US$ a night.
If you don't mind commitment, the monthly rate is 3000MXN. Yup, just 5US$ a night.
It is 2021 and amazingly, one can still sleep for such a (low) cost.
So what does one get for 6US$ a night (yes I paid by the week)?
My room:
My room, one of 9 similar sized rooms on the 3rd floor (bless this mess):
Shared facilities:
Toilets:
Toilets:
Showers:
Drinking water on each floor:
Coffee and biscuit station on the first floor:
There is a kitchen too but despite my good intentions, I didn't use it.
The roof top with a laundry room:
The roof top with a laundry room:
Common rooms:
Terraces/balconies:
It's a great place to set up shop for a while. The pandemic has played havoc with our plans and the new modus operandi is travelling slow.
The Andaina is in a great location too.
The Andaina is in a great location too.
