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| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4819 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 17 of 23 21 June 2014 at 8:47am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Yep, practically always. They are usually just as comfortable as a private room, but loads cheaper, which is important if you are away for a long time. I think the key is to read the reviews on hostelworld or hostelbookers, and to pay a bit more for an upscale hostel. I'm not often to keen on things like organised pub crawls though, whenever I have done them in Spanish speaking countries I have found myself strangely isolated from Spanish speakers for the night. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| aodhanc Diglot Groupie Iceland Joined 6057 days ago 92 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish | Message 18 of 23 21 June 2014 at 2:01pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I totally disagree. Having been in both Argentina and Uruguay for an extended period of time, I can assure you that they are definitely not "highly developed". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5172 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 19 of 23 21 June 2014 at 10:26pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I used dbag's advice to search on hostelworld for my trips to Ecuador and Spain and it worked wonders. I found a very nice hotel in Quito for $9. The idea of staying in a dorm just does not seem good to me. Anyway, hostelworld is definitely good advice. I even remember dbag suggesting to search the reviews in a certain way... which can be helpful. Once you get settled in a place you can also find hostels that are not listed online. I found a perfectly decent place in Cuenca for $8 (private room with breakfast included). One piece of advice... always ask to see the room before you pay for it. Many places have some nice rooms and some terrible ones. Asking to see the room is an easy way to either get a better room or avoid a disaster.
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| AlexTG Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 4435 days ago 178 posts - 354 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Latin, German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 20 of 23 21 June 2014 at 10:57pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I stayed in Argentina for three months. Compared to most of the world it's highly developed. Certainly nothing to worry about in terms of holidaying. By the UN's measurements it has similar development to Portugal, Latvia, Seychelles, and Croatia http://goo.gl/NDRITK Edited by AlexTG on 21 June 2014 at 11:24pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4087 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 21 of 23 21 June 2014 at 11:50pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I feel as comfortable in Chile as I do in Western Europe. Santiago is probably safer than
my city, Manchester, although I feel safer in both thereof than most other places in the world. I think that Santiago, Buenos Aires, or Montevideo would be a good choice. Also an interesting smaller option is the picturesque Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. It has a smaller city environment, I felt similar to Toledo or Segovia in Spain. The other three metropoli, however, are very pleasant and I feel that they are relatively safe and stable compared to other places in Latin America. Still if distance from home is a main factor, Spain seem more sensible. They are only about 2 hours from the UK. I could eat lunch in Manchester and have cochinillo en Madrid for dinner without problem. When I lived in Newcastle, I often had breakfast in Newcastle and was in time for tapæ in Barcelona. Edited by 1e4e6 on 22 June 2014 at 1:05am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Guido Super Polyglot Senior Member ArgentinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6325 days ago 286 posts - 582 votes Speaks: Spanish*, French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Catalan, Dutch, Swedish, Danish Studies: Russian, Indonesian, Romanian, Polish, Icelandic | Message 22 of 23 24 June 2014 at 6:22am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Argentina provinces, cities and neighborhoods vary a lot one from another. There are some neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Rosario and Córdoba that you should avoid, but if you stick in tourist areas, it's ok. The rest of the country is not dangerous at all. Your itinerary will depend on what you want to do during your trip besides speaking Spanish, since there's a lot to do and see here (Just ask me). And the same goes for Chile. Edited by Guido on 24 June 2014 at 6:24am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Enrico Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 3542 days ago 162 posts - 207 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Italian, Spanish, French | Message 23 of 23 31 August 2014 at 3:55am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I also think so :-) 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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