The staff was friendly, the room looked clean, but the bathroom sink had a leak and 1 small towel. Also, the hall light shone through the window above the door to the room, which was not turned off until about 1:30am. Our intention was to stay only around 9 hours and leave early the next morning to Cusco. Hotel at airport was booked so I looked for next closest lodging that looked fairly descent. When we arrived around 10p, we noticed that the hostal is located in a port area that was not looking very safe. Our suspicions were confirmed when we saw this 20' iron gate in front of the street leading to the ally where the hostel was located. So I guess that was our protection from I don’t know what. One day before our trip to Peru, we had to change our plans and needed to stay an extra day in Lima, so I called the hostal to extend our stay without knowing what we were getting ourselves into. First thing the following morning, I was on internet and booked another hotel inside the city, could not stay two nights there.