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Any offers for a place to pitch my tent Bolivia, Chilie or Argentena?

Hey Everyone,

With my financial situation being beyond depresing these days I was hoping there may be some fellow riders out there who woudnt mind me pitching my tent at their place, if of course its on my route down.

basically I m heading through Bolivia, then into chilie Argentina and down to the bottom.

Any offers really welcome

Also I have added a new post on my site

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Accomodations forum

Try the Accomodations for South America forum here.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...south-america/

With just a quick look I found a bunch of cheap options for you in Bolivia alone.
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Dakar Motos in Buenos Aires has a very cheap hostel or camping for 30 pesos a night (about £4.50)
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thanks guys, good tips, ill look in to them all. camping still seems the cheapest way for me though. Sometimes its quite nice just to have a shower though!

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Damn inflation, Dakar Motos went from 24 to 30 in a few month. For 30 you can have a good single room in the Provincia.

Argentina is a big country with few population, so it s fairly easy to find a place to pitch your tent at dawn. You can find showers in service stations. Try to contact local motorcycle clubs before getting to a town, you will almost always find a bed and friendly sincere welcome.
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Damn inflation, Dakar Motos went from 24 to 30 in a few month. For 30 you can have a good single room in the Provincia.

Argentina is a big country with few population, so it s fairly easy to find a place to pitch your tent at dawn. You can find showers in service stations. Try to contact local motorcycle clubs before getting to a town, you will almost always find a bed and friendly sincere welcome.
You can not put a price on atmosphere and generosity !!
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I can t agree more with you, quoting "generosity" is a strange concept, but appearantly it s possible . Anyways, i think the poster is more looking for non monetary generosity, which is far from being rare in Argentina.
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Ah you can read me like a book. I was indeed after the free options otherwise I can just camp anywhere as I have been. Howevesr grest tip regarding free shower. Thnaks. That is the most important thing if youre camping!

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I want to amend my previous message. You do have to pay for showers in Estaciones de Servicio. About 4 pesos.

The better option is public campgrounds, which cost 2 to 15 pesos . Here is a usefull link : Voydecamping.com.ar - Guia de Camping en Internet

I hope this helps.

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I want to amend my previous message. You do have to pay for showers in Estaciones de Servicio. About 4 pesos.

The better option is public campgrounds, which cost 2 to 15 pesos . Here is a usefull link : http://wwww.voydecamping.com.ar

I hope this helps.

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Hola Philippe

La direccion web tiene 1 w de más (wwww). La pagina es interesante, al menos los campings de Junín están bien informados. Saludos
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Hola Raul,

Correcto, he cambiado el enlace.

Espero que todo va bien para ti y que tienes tu pasaporte en tiempo.

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