So I guess its time to finally talk about hostels. First I want to give you my personal impression about hostels. I think they're scary and gross. Have I ever actually been to or even stayed in a hostel, hell no. OK, having said that, I figured that it was time for me to poke my finger outside of my little comfort zone bubble and see what I could find out about the hostels in Central and South America. What I learned is that not all hostels are something they make horror movies about and that a lot of them are just like tiny hotels. You can always go for a bunk-bed in a dorm style room but most hostels offer individual rooms, some even offer those rooms with individual showers. I found a really good website to do my hostel searching called Hostel World which was pretty much a one-stop-shop for everything hostel. I did research on the places that I was interested in and here's what I found.
Colombia:
(Bogota)
(Medellin)
1. 61Prado Guesthouse2. Geo Hostel
3. La Campana Hotel Boutique
4. Paraworld Adventure Hostel
Costa Rica
(San Jose)
1. Casa Primo
Ecuador
(Guayaquil)
1. Puerto Azul
(Quito)
3. Hotel Quito
Guatemala
Honduras
1. Colonial President HouseNicaragua
Panama
1. Hostal Gemar
I've done all of the leg work for you here. I've looked at all of the hostels, I've read all of the reviews and yes, I've checked ALL of the prices. This is the list I've been able to narrow down of the places that I wouldn't actually mind staying at. Some of the places have their up's and down's (like the hostel in San Jose which has numerous reviews of how noisy the traffic is all night) but some times you gotta give a little.
*well damn, I just stumbled upon a site that I think is worth my looking more into called Gayhostel.
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