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Go to PI-ZI-EIT . YOU CAN'T MISS IT !!! What sounds simple to them is not EASY for newcomers. He meant : PACIFIC COASTAL HIGHWAY.

iNTERNATIONAL OCEAN BEACH HOSTEL is for WORLD TRAVELLERS (non locals).

At 9.00 the small kitchen is busy. People and backpacks are checking out.
Travellers, also itinerant job seekers (they probably know that Plaza corners are full of standing Mexicans willing to accept any job for the day), come and go.

Some are US citizens (non locals), Canadians, British, European, Aussies & Kiwis, Asians, Afros, white Brazileans yeah. You name it, a young Magrebi, all colour of skins... That one looks Indian but he's Singaporean. A kind 45 yo lady opens the backdoor for me and turns out to be Tica, CR. She claims she does it 'cause she studies at University.
Few are around 25. Most are in their early 30s but there are a bunch hanging around up to their 60s !!! . What the hell are they doing ******?????
Today the no bullshitting Turk is not the cook.
Instead a 110 Kgr barefoot bearded piece of a blond man in his shorts is cooking egg omelettes and pancakes to order included (maple syrup too but not my granola) in the $17 fee per bunk bed in rooms of 6 (only an accesible Norwegian with a skate board and a German with a laptop and huge protein food containers in mine!).

I keep my edibles in the large fridge, clearly tagged in case they clean up and toss everyting away as they weekly do.
The TV news are on . There are 2 PCs that cost $1 for 20 mns. (free in the library) .

So it's lively. People eat and chat sharing tables of 6.
I listen, sometimes I join, 2 fans keep the air moving.

No drugs, booze or smoking is allowed. For the latter 2 activities you may go to the canvas patio at the back and have a beer and 1 or 2 joints. It's rowdier there at night.

I have to go through it to get to my bike who's stored in the open enclosed patio with others like her but none as pretty.