Matadorian Camden Luxford opens hostel in Peru

By Julie Schwietert On August 30, 2010 · 15 Comments

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MatadorU student and regular MatadorAbroad contributor, Camden Luxford, opened the Yamanyá Backpackers Hostel in Cusco, Peru this month.

Rachel y los Berries rocked out at the opening and will be performing regularly.

The hostel offers free breakfast, free Internet and WiFi, and free luggage storage.

And later this year, they’ll be adding a temperature-controlled stone swimming pool.

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Julie Schwietert Collazo is a writer, editor, researcher, and translator currently in New York, formerly of Mexico City and San Juan. She is Matador's managing editor and is the lead faculty member of MatadorU's travel writing program.

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http://www.adventurouskate.com Adventurous Kate

Congrats, Camden! It looks amazing!! I might need to jet down to Peru now…
http://brinkofsomethingelse.com Camden Luxford

Looks great, Julie, thanks for publishing!
http://saffakidlife.blogspot.com jenna

congratulations camden!

judging from the photographs, the hostel looks fun, and has a lot more personality than most of the other one’s i’ve stayed in.

just wondering though, where exactly in cusco is the hostel?
http://matadortrips.com/ Hal Amen

Wow! Looks tons cooler than any hostel I saw in Cuzco!
http://www.sopheisworld.net Sophie

Congratulations on the opening, Camden. The hostel looks colourful and attractive.
http://ytravelblog.com Caz Makepeace

Your hostel looks awesome Camden! Congratulations.
Reeti

Looks great Camden! Would love to visit sometime in the near future
http://girlunstoppable.com Ekua

Congrats, Camden. It looks like a beautiful hostel. Loki should be nervous…
http://TheExpeditioner.com Matt Stabile

Coolest, lobby, ever. Can’t wait to visit dude!
http://brinkofsomethingelse.com Camden Luxford

Woo! Thanks everyone for the kind comments! We’re over the moon with how it turned out – wait till we’re done with the pool! Jenna, we’re on Calle San Andres, about three blocks from the Plaza de Armas. I’m still recovering from the shock of finding a big house with a pool in the middle of the Centro Hístorico. Too lucky.

Will be looking forward to ALL of you visiting!
http://www.nehasweb.com neha

Wow! Congratulations Camden! The place looks fantastic. Good luck!
http://expatheather.com Heather Carreiro

Love the pics! Totally impressed with how the place looks, and with free breakfast and internet I’m sure you’ll get a lot of guests. Can’t wait to see how this place develops.
http://brinkofsomethingelse.com Camden Luxford

Thanks Neha and Heather! I’ve escaped for a few weeks to Australia but the boys tell me things are growing – just a matter of waiting for word to spread right now! Which is much easier with Matador on side Thanks guys
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