Working in Loki hostel (La Paz)

Loki is a hostel chain, with hostels in La Paz, Cusco, Lima and Del Mar (as of October 2008). Started in Cusco, and later on buing new buildings and coverting them to hostels. From the beginning of my trip, I new I wanted to work in a hostel for a short while. A month, maybe 2, seemed like a good plan for me. You can extend your stay, have a new experience, work in a bar and get a feeling for a city.

While in argentina someone told me to work in Loki La Paz, the best hostel they had been so far. I e-mailed the manager, and was told as soon as I arrive I could start working. I came to La Paz the 21 of March, and started working the next monday. The work weeks are from monday to sunday.

The work is relative simple, although it can get very, very busy some times. All I do is work behind the bar, make sure the free breakfast is okey, clean up some plates, serve beers, make cocktails, deliver shots. Since I am a beer drinker, I had to learn all these new cocktails and mixes I´ve never heard of. From gliders to blowpipes.

You have some pretty weird experiences working behind the bar. Some people can´t control themself and collapse while ordering a drink, unbelievable but true. It happens more than weekly. The reception is even buying flying tickets for people, who just don´t leave the place, because they self will just not buy them.

The collegues are great. Today my 7th week began, so I am now by far working the longest in the bar. It also means I have seen, not only guests, some working come and leave. In the first two weeks the complete staff I knew left, and was renewed. Now people are leaving again, and I am still standing strong and working.

I decided yesterday, that propably I´ll work for another 2 weeks (this one, and next week), go to the jungle, come back and leave to Peru. Not do a lot in Peru, but quickly travel north to Colombia. Every single person that I´ve met is unbelievable enthusiastic, and tells me to skip Peru, skip Equador and head for Colombia as fast as possible. Ofcourse I will go to Machu Picchu (Peru), but I´ll travel north fast.

wij waren ook in een "hostel". kenden de "gasten"zeer goed en moesten zorgen voor een diner en 1 keer ontbijt. kregen een circus show te zien met olifanten,o.l.v. jacobina,paardjes met miss ed, een tijger, tarzan.en clowns!!
de zangeres zonder naam was er ook! (opstanding)
bovendien waren er verpletterende cadeaux!
hilsen fra alle.

Stay another 7 weeks and they might even make you manager of the place :).
How about your passport? Been to the embassy already?

Jup I have a new passport :).

Funny story too. I go to migration to get a new stamp of Bolivia. The guy asks me when I entered Bolivia. Thinking about it, and calculating back I get to the eight of March. So the guy takes out his stampmachine, sets the date, put it in my new passport, and tells me I have 90 days. Like I used to have.

Outside I open up my passport, and what had he done, not the eigth of March, but eigth of April. I just got myself another month in Bolivia :).

Not sure if I am going to use that month, but now I don't have to worry about my 90 days limit anymore.

Die vlechtjes staan je wel!

Bjarne siger: o nej, o nej, o nej, o nej!
Bjarne says: oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no!

waarom staan de vlechten leuk? als peuter had hij ze ook al!! alleen waren ze toen geel.

Is that a pukkelpop wristband?
Haha, smashing.

Zekers Dave. En een week geleden zat ik naast iemand die hem ook nog om had.