Originally Posted by jibber

haha, yeah....after you travel around for a while, it's really not that big a deal, and no, its a nice place, and the seucrity is fine. I was in a 10 bed dorm so that was a bit more than i'm used to, usually there's only 4 or 5 beds in the rooms i'm in, but this was really cheap and i need to save money like crazy right now. once i get to south america, south east asia and india and places like that i'll have to be a bit more cautious about where to stay, but pretty much any first world country, the hostels are gonna be safe if you're in an ok part of town. the only time i've ever felt uncomfortable in a hostel was when i got a cheap single room in a place for a night in auckland, turned out being in south auckland, no wonder it was so cheap....