Gallery

• Enlarge: Private room: a white bed set into a moss-green alcove, two lit wicker pendant lamps and dark wooden beams.

  The green alcove and its two wicker lamps.Representative photo

• Enlarge: Private room in warm light: a wicker lamp in the foreground, a rattan sunburst mirror, dark beams and a window with wooden shutters.

  Beams, rattan and wood: the light in the private rooms.Representative photo

• Enlarge: An open clothes rail with two white bathrobes, rolled towels and a lit wicker lamp against a warm wall.

  Details: robes, towels and another wicker lamp.Representative photo

• Enlarge: Private bathroom with a glass shower and electric water heater, white tiles and a band of diagonal terracotta tiles.

  A private bathroom: hot shower and terracotta tile.Representative photo

• Enlarge: The terrace mural: a yellow jaguar with green spots peering out between teal leaves and pink flowers.

  The terrace jaguar, painted on the breakfast wall.

• Enlarge: Breakfast on the terrace's wooden table: arepas, fried eggs, strawberries, banana, orange juice and coffee.

  One breakfast served under the mural (the menu changes).

• Enlarge: A breakfast table with arepas, eggs, avocado and mugs of coffee in front of a mural of a paraglider reading “Colombia”.

  Arepas under the painted paraglider.

• Enlarge: A plate on palm leaves: a crepe with banana and strawberries, scrambled eggs, watermelon, cheese and a dip.

  One morning's plate (not a fixed menu).

• Enlarge: A celebration breakfast tray with a fruit bowl, orange juice, coffee and a red balloon.

  A celebration breakfast they shared in their stories.

• Enlarge: Blue hour over San Gil: the cathedral's bell towers in silhouette, town lights and a crescent moon.

  The cathedral at dusk, seen from the hostel.

Photos: @thisiscolombiahostel (Instagram), use pending permission for publication.