Friends of the World

We at Loki are producing our latest and best yet version of the pocket travel guide and we need the help of the backpackers that look to stay in our places.

If anyone has any recommendation for hostels around the world that were exellent places to stay in please write to me the following

• A short description of the place
• Name, address and website would be great.
• And lastly why you liked it and would recommend it.

Located in Mancora, one of Peru's finest beach towns, Loki aims to give backpackers a place on the beach in the sun, to escape from the hussle and bussle of the big cities, get down from those mountain treks, and take it easy for a while.

For the last few months we have been playing around with ideas for future Lokis, just to see how wild we can go.

Apparently someone has been easedropping and picked up (stole) one of our ideas - A luxury cruise ship on the amazon. Check out their site Aqua expeditions.

But at only 8 suites and prices starting at 2000$ there is probably some space for a backpacker party cruise, so it might take us a while longer but I am sure it will happen at some point.

Coming Sports Events Live on Big Screen in Loki Bars

The following is a list of the main sporting events coming up over the next few months and all will be shown live in the Loki Bar when possible.

1. Final premier league games Apr/May 2008
2. Champions League Final - Man United v Chelsea in Moscow May 21st 2008
3. Heineken Cup Final - Munster - v - Toulose May 24th 2008
4. Euro 2008 June 2008
5. Olympic Games Summer 2008 in Beijing August 2008

If you stayed in one of the Loki Hostels over the last year and a half
I am sure you have seen one of the little Loki Guides. We are now
working on a new version of the guide.

So we uploaded the current version on to the Loki website here - http://www.lokihostel.com/loki_guide

We would like your ideas on what places to add to the guide? which cities?
what attractions, restaurants, bars, etc. to add, change or remove?

This is the start of a weekly update of plans for the week, this week - 

In the last few years the Irish have invaded South America setting up and co-owning hostels as they go: 

Here are some of our favourites:

Loki Hostels Cusco, Lima, La Paz and Opening soon in Mancora 

http://www.lokihostel.com

Pit Stop Hostel, Medallin, Colombia 

New Loki del Mar Designs

We have made a few new designs for the Loki del Mar, main changes are to the pool area, as we doubt the previous plans can be done.

This is a top view of the Loki del Mar 1st stage:

To the left is the sea.

At the top are the rooms.

At the bottom is reception and common areas.