"Work"

My first  shift behind the bar started at 7 pm after a day of chilling on the beach playing my ukulele and an hour or so out at sea on a kayak where I typically got sun burned everywhere I forgot to/ missed with sun cream, luckily not my face this time.

I quickly learned how to make a basic mojito as they seemed to be the most popular drink that night. The other volunteers were super helpful and great fun. at around 1 am a fairly large group of what I'm guessing were rich Peruvian girls arrived and they brought along with them a whole new crazy, out of control party animal vibe. Before we knew it they had gotten behind the bar and were all jumping up and down shouting "shots shots shots....." They then proceeded to climb onto the bar and dance on it nearly falling and causing all kinds of mischief. By 4am (we close at 3am fri-sat) we had to cut people off and try to start moving them towards the exits.

I was told it had not been that crazy many times since the hostel opened 3 months ago. The following night was such a contrast, where we (the staff) sat and played card games while I chose the music, everyone was gone by two and this felt like half a shift in comparison, I forgot mention that I went and chilled out and chatted for an hour in the middle.

So far I couldn't be happier here.