What are your all-time favorite hostels around the world? Mine are:
Hostal Limoncocha in Tena, Ecuador
L'Auberge Inn in Quito, Ecuador
La Iguana Perdida in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala
Bong Hostel on Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia
Secret Garden Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador
In no particular order:
1. Coffee Tree Boutique Hostel, Salento, Colombia
2. Caoji Book Inn, Tainan, Taiwan
3. Meander, Taipei, Taiwan
4. Social Hostel 365, Sapporo, Japan
5. Copenhagen Downtown Hostel, Denmark
For each of these, I’d say it’s down to a combination of good facilities and nice social experiences that I’ve had there. There are other hostels that I've stayed in with amazing facilities but no atmosphere – they don’t make the list!