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Colombia, Cali - hostel & bike rental
After completing a 8 month South, Central & North America bike adventure I married a Colombian girl moved to Cali in Southern Colombia and opened a bike tour and rental business and a biker friendly hostel - all in one year (2008).
We have secure parking, super location, hot water, free Wi-Fi, private doubles, private twins and dorm beds The rental & tour fleet consist of 1 x Kawasaki KLR 650 (more coming soon), 1 x Aprilia ETV1000, 2 x Dinli DMX 450 quads (for offroad tours near Cali). Many bike mechanics in our sector. Two blocks away is maybe the best bike mechanic in Colombia "Asturias", also there's a bike race and motocross shop, the BMW, Kawasaki and Suzuki dealers and G2 motorsports that sell KTM, Aprilia, BMW and many more. There's also Can-am and a couple of spare part shops, so Cali is a good place to stop for service before heading into "nothing to get -land" in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. So please feel free to drop by anytime for a good time! CASA BLANCA HOSTEL (& MOTOLOMBIA) Ave. 6bis, Calle 26N, 57, Santa Monica CALI Colombia Tel. +57(2) 396 3849 Telefax. +57(2) 668 9986 Mike@casablancahostel.com http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...mike_diana.jpg http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...ansgrey600.png |
Safe parking
It might be close to bike shops and it might be clean, cheap and a lot of other good things, but it is not what I would call "bike friendly". For me, the most important thing is always secure parking, but there was none. We had to park our bike in a public parking lot 100 m away. OK, the bike was still there in the morning, but I would have liked better if it would have been stored on the hostel's premises, be it a garage, a garden, a courtyard or something else.
Also, there are no lockers in dormitories, where one could put his/her stuff securely. Or maybe it was just me who expected too much from a hostel run by a biker(?) A little criticism if I may, Margus |
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So please when you criticize be accurate: - You forget to tell we DO have a in-house garage. Sorry it was full of bikes and all our private rooms also where full the night you arrived without a reservation. - And sorry that you had to walk three houses down the road to our associate secure barbwire-fenced and covered parking lot with 24 hour watchman (with gun) to park your bike alongside other biker guests bikes. - And sorry you never got to use our safety box for your valuables. Keep it real and safe travels! |
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