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A modern kitchen is at your disposal but as we speak lacks pots and pans to cook ( we hardly bother to do any cooking as we realize food is rather cheap in budget restaurants although you will find none nearby ). A microwave , gaz stove, fridge , chairs and a large table are kept in excellent condition , a communal rest area with an immense couch is attached to the kitchen , there is a partial view of the town of Damour from the equally large rear balcony . Hot water comes and goes when the electicity fails as it unfortunately occurs ( not so often though ) in Lebanon but an in-house generator takes over swiftly in case of power cuts.
Lebanon is not the least expensive country to travel in so if you stay here you get value for your money and good facilities in a modern building . It has a secured parking , if you are not mobile or don't have access to a car the hostel is a bit far from the center of Damour (roughly 3 kms ) , a small town south of Beirut ( 18 kms ) and the international airport is even nearer being about 12 kms distant . Backpackers will need to get to Damour by minibus or service taxi running regularly on the four lane highway from and to Beirut and be dropped off at the large blue Oceana sign on an overpass in Damour ( the town sits on the east side of the north-south highway )and from there a taxi or an exhaustve 2 km walk uphill to the hostel --it gets rural this far yet you are barely just out of town -- you will need direction as the hostel is unsigned and a little difficult to locate , we did not need to ask for as we had a car but if you call ahead Andy will point you the way from where you are and perhaps arrange pick up.
We are a couple of 50 + old independant budget travellers preferably looking for peaceful and low cost accommodations and we absolutely got that here as the sole guests for six nights at this hostel. Fun or partying are normally the last things on our mind in the evening therefore we enjoyed to have the place to ourselves at the time .Younger folks travelling in groups will certainly like it here . For the money this hostel is just what anyone with a low budget would desire.
C Dorion
from Canada
But they were very helpful when my friend got sick and took us to the pharmacy. Also, very enjoyable to chat with about Lebanon. We really liked seeing Lebanon in a different way, from someone's home versus just outside a hotel window. We felt extremely safe and comfortable. The location was good, not too far from the city and had a nice shopping mall near by that we enjoyed. The breakfast wasn't anything amazing, but still tasty.