We had booked to check in at 11.00pm. Our bus arrived late 11.30pm, and, seeing as we had no map, we proceeded toward the Holiday Inn hoping we would come across the hostel on the way. No luck. We obtained a map from reception and realised the street was back next to the station and headed back. We proceeded to the street that the hostel was located on, thinking that as there was no number stated it would be obvious where the hostel was. Up and down we walked but nothing. As it was nearing 12 midnight we decided to call in case they thought we weren't turning up.

The phone was answered by a seemingly disoriented man who insisted that we did not have a reservation. Upon insisting that yes we did and we could quote the number, he gave in and told us someone would come to pick us up. Not wishing to get into a car with a stranger in an unknown country, I told him we were on the street, if he could tell us the street number we could easily walk there. He refused to tell me the... more