This was my first time staying at a hostel so it was very different from what I'm used to. It was a good experience overall. I met a lot of new people from all over the world. A wide variety of breakfast food to choose from! One thing I didn't like but had no control over was the loudness of others. Several nights the other guests would come home very late and continue to turn on tv, lights, and shower. The mornings you will be up pretty early unless you take sleeping meds because, again, the other people would be loud either in the room or outside. But like I said those are things that aren't easily controllable. One time one of the staff barged into my room with the whole cleaning crew at like 7 in the morning to show how to clean the shower while everyone was asleep. A bit rude in my opinion but oh well. Overall despite these few issues I enjoyed my stay in California. It was only a few blocks from the train that took you everywhere or a 3$ Uber to the beach. I don't know if I would stay again but it was definitely an experience.