Hostal in Granada (Nicaragua)

This weekend I am in Granada which is about 6 hours by bus, taxi and microbus from Ocotal. I met up with Jenny, who is a friend of a friend who lives in Portland. I´m staying in hostal Oasis (recommended by Lonely Planet). It is a pleasant hostel with a pool which helps here since it´s freaking hot, the kind of hot where you sweat sitting down eating breakfast. However, I´m not so keen on the hostel scene. Maybe it´s been too long since I´ve been away or maybe I never paid attention, but it seems as if hostels are the new bar scene. Generally, I've always thought of hostels as a good way to meet people to hang out with. But at this particular hostel everyone checks you out as you walk down the hall. Well, not everyone. Not the couple sleeping in the dorm bunk below me. I don't understand this really. Have they paid for two dorm beds and only chose to sleep in one? Why not splurge the extra dollar and get a hotel room with a double bed since they are ridiculously cheap here in Nicaragua? Or is it actually allowed to pay for a single bunk bed in a dormitory? I guess I can´t complain since they only 'slept' and I´ve heard worse stories about bunk beds in hostels. Besides that, if it weren´t for the girl in the couple, I would be the only girl in the dorm. Maybe they put us in the man dorm. Oh well. We´re only sleeping anyway and it´s only $8 per night for a pool and free internet.