Easily the best hostel I've ever been to. What made it my favorite is the common areas with wonderful vibes, the complete set of amenities, and the incredible hosts. My favorite room is the main cafe area on the top floor, where there is always bread and tea available, I went to the supermarket nearby and bought some jam and peanut butter so I could make a quick sandwich whenever I wanted, and it was *incredible*. The host and hostess have so many resources for things to do in Chongqing, and you can ask them anything you want - they're very good at English and give you a whole tour of their guidebook they've made for all the things there when you first check in. There's a balcony on the second floor, the cafe area on the third floor, and the rooftop patio, so I found there to be a really nice variety of places to hang out in especially if I needed a quiet place to take a call and the other areas were busy. All of them are super clean and comfortable, and in my three days there I met people from other parts of Asia, Europe, and the USA. French, German, Scotland, Malaysian, Chinese - you name it, there are a rotating cast of characters from all over and I really enjoyed it!
So, amenities wise here's what you've got that I found exceptional:
1. Showers - Plentiful, soap and shampoo provided, never ran out of hot water
2. Bathrooms - Plentiful western + asian toilets, *toilet paper provided*
3. Beds - cozy, each room has a window, area under the bed is good for storing stuff. Some people who aren't used to asian beds might find the mattress thin but I'm good with it.
4. BREAD AND TEA - Can't applaud this enough, they bake their own bread and have it available in the cafe area the whole time, they brew tea every morning, so peak.
5. Washer and *Dryer* - lots of places don't have dryer, this is super nice, it's about 10 元 to use and well worth it, definitely washed my clothes well.
6. Water - Clean water on tap, hot and cold, kettle also available if I remember correctly.
7. VIEW - The first floor is on the 31st floor, but the place goes up 3 more floors from there to the rooftop. Really cute sort of style to it with stairs between each floor. Each floor has an incredible view of the central area of Chongqing - Jiefangbei, and you can see the bridges plus WFC from there.
8. Company - The host and hostess are so lovely and helped me practice my Chinese, but they also speak great english. The other guests at the hostel also spoke plentiful english and many were fellow Westerners, so if you don't want to practice your Chinese you can chat with them too. It seems to attract a mixed bag of people from other asian countries to western countries, I personally hope I can practice more chinese next time 所以我可以好好学习天天向上！
9. Location - Right in the middle of Jiefangbei, next to Jiaochangkou subway, and plenty of restaurants.
10. Price - Very affordable, very worth it.
This is probably going to be my "base" I return to every time i'm back in Chongqing from here on out! Thank you so much for having me!
-Blue / 蓝阳
