When we're on vacation, we usually stay at nice B&B's, mid-range hotels and the occasional luxury resort (when we get free Hyatt nights). But this is not a vacation, and we're on a budget. That means hostels. And hostels in your mid-(or in Brook's case late)-30's is a different experience. To minimize feeling really old, we have strict criteria for our hostels: no attractive women on the website, no advertisements for all-night drinking parties, and a private room option. Don Santiago is our first hostel stop and so far, so good. Yes, we are the oldest people here, have to put our toilet paper in the trash can and there's a shared bathroom with a floor that was weirdly wet last night. But we had drinks last night with a couple of guys from the Netherlands, three Koreans, a Brazilian woman (not hot), a woman from California, and one very tired German. Then we put our earplugs in and went to bed when one of the Dutch guys pulled out a bottle of Jim Beam at around midnight. Because, after all, we're in our 30's.
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Much nicer than the hostels I remember...where's the bong? the vomit on the floor? the stinky guy in the bunk over you?
Nice! We have fond memories of hosteling in our 30's. It worked out well, most of the time. We also went for the private room option often, but would sometimes check the website and look for 4 person rooms that had all 4 beds free and book those in the hopes that we'd get them to ourselves if nobody else showed up. It was typically a much better deal and often worked out during off-peak times.
Looks awesome! I am really looking forward to your posts.
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