18 February 2008

Hostels Rule

You know ... there's just something really great about a good hostel. We're staying in a super great one here in Villa La Angostura in the Lake District of northern Patagonia. Me and Erica
and Jacob and Philippa. It's a huge funky house with like 8 bedrooms ... (each holding a number of beds/bunks and it's own bathroom) ... and a big common area with a TV and pool table, and a big dining room with an industrial kitchen we can use, and a huge deck with a big BBQ and wood fired oven and fire pit. The lobby crew is slinging beers and cranking tunes and there's flags and memorabilia pasted all over the walls and it's chock full of cool backpacker types from all over the world and a bunk bed in a shared room is like US$12 per day. You meet all your bunkmates and hang out, you talk w/ people all night long in the dining room or the deck ... you BBQ or cook together ... there's info on all sorts of local spots and activities ... you can rent bikes or book trips and the staff'll help out whenever you need it. It's basically the headiest way to travel and you can find hostels all over the world.

www.hihostels.com/

Basically you can travel for like $5-15 or so dollars a day wherever ... and it's so damn fun. I love a good hostel!

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