Yang Shuo Senior Leader International Youth Hostel (West Street Lijiang Branch)

Staff was friendly. Towel provided. Hot water in bathrooms. AC was cold. Bed was very comfortable.

If anybody rated this Hostel more than a one must’ve had their eyes closed and their nose plugged. I’ve been staying hostels since 1993  around the world and this was the poorest condition of Hostel I’ve ever stayed in The pictures shown on Trip.com must’ve been Photoshop because where I stayed. Didn’t anyone come quotes that I’ll be posting pictures of what Trip.com has and with the reality is The bed mattress was made of plywood. No mattress I was afraid to put my head on the pillow. I had my towel. I thought I’d get lice or something. The room had a smell to it. Give me a headache no piles of garbage empty bags just about every corner the curtain that separated my bed from the outside from the room was hanging there, not fully attached to the rod, the entry path going from the main street to the hostile scary not flat just the whole overall appearance of the outside and inside was like whoever’s managing this hostile doesn’t care about how things look and be an easy cleanup. Someone just cared. This is the first time the rating and the comments that I read from Trip.com were absolutely not true, fortunately I just spent one night and I’m glad I did From time to time I’ve been known to sleep on chairs at airports on benches outside and I’d rather sleep at an airport or a bench outside then staying in this hostel surprised that I didn’t see rats and cockroaches. Maybe I didn’t have my eyes open wide enough. I have downloaded pictures you see that Trip.com posted and then you can see the ones that I took. Can you tell the difference?

The hostel is fine overall—clean rooms, decent facilities, and good location. The main issue is that it’s nearly impossible to get in touch with the owners if you have a concern. While the place is well-kept, having more accessible management would make the experience much better.