I am leaving by boat tonight for BA. I'm actually writing this on my phone's browser in my bunk

i'll be there in 28 days and would love some advice on places to stay when we arrive. Bike parking a must of course. I have some parts that failed to arrive in time and a mate can send them on so if anyone can suggest a place so cool they would allow them to be delivered?

Thanks,

Paul

Hi Paul,
we can recommend DakarMotos. It's a hostel and a workshop in one, so no problem to store the bike. You'll find them in the internet: DAKAR MOTOS-HOME OF ´OVER-LAND BIKE´ TRAVEL IN SOUTH AMERICA
We stayed there for three weeks last october, Sandra and Javier, the owners, are really nice!
Save travells,
Christine & Tom

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I m staying at giramondo s hostel in Palermo (in Buenos Aires) and they have a closed garage for mortorcycles.

The advantage over Dakar Moto are :

- it s located in Buenos Aires , not in the Province, so you have an easy access to all public transport and services ( restaurants, cinema, swimming pool, administrations).

- it s a wide 3 floors house with a large patio and all maid services, so you avoid the clostrophobic disconfort some might experience while staying in a garage with 4 dorm beds, the lack of intimacy and eventual conflicts about the chores. In other words, you are not invited in a private place, you are a customer with all the benefits of this status.

- receptionists change every day so if you dont click well with one of them, you wont be "punished" for your whole stay. They are available for helping all the time (it s their profession)

- you are free to compare prices for bike services or other import export services.

- the use of internet is a service that is included in the night price, not a favor that the owners are willing to give you..or not..depending on their own needs. It s a real highspeed connection (1 megabits/s, not ISDN 128 kb/s) with several computers.

- you are mixing with other travelling populations, which allows you to explore different worlds and mix with different age groups..and avoid the occasional redundancy of bike travel reports on the same continent.

Editing since i forgot another important feature : this hostel is open 24/24 so you wont get stuck or awake anybody if your flight gets you to B.A after the garage closes..and get embarassed with the taxi driver wondering if you gave him the wrong address after he searched for the street for half an hour and nobody responded to your calls after 10 mn...and you dont have to deal with key issues while you stay there... you dont depend on anybody else than yourself. You can awake at the time you want not at the time the garage opens...

Yes Philippe
You are right.
-Dakar Motos its not an Hotel or a Hostel, Maybe because you don’t understand that you don’t click on there.
-We like to treat the travellers like mates and friends as we feel this. No like a customers.
-Nice need to pay to be helped all the time.
-You always are free to do whatever, but NOT to be nasty rude tide or impolite.
-In DM the Internet Wi-Fi it’s a FREE service.
-Our Sleeping facilities was a require for a lot of real Moto-Travellers than was passing over our older shop from years a go (many was staying in our family home), people who don’t wont to stay with backpackers and non bikes relative travellers in hostel and hotels.
-Dakar Motos is always open. You only need knock the door or make a phone call.

Only one doubt, if you think than Dakar Motos is so bad place, Why you are so angry with us to don’t be allow to stay there anymore? And why you spend so much time talking about us?


Javier & Sandra...
DakarMotos

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So everything is free then, because friends don't charge friends for helping them out? Or do you charge people to sleep in your garage?

That's what I thought.

Not everyone clicks with everyone else, but based on this antagonistic response to a pretty valid and informative post, I think anywhere would be better than Dakar Motors.

Dakar Motos gets my vote.

A hostal with a garage is the same as a garage with a hostal as far as I'm concerned, although hostals dont usually have tools, spares & a good mechanic.

The main difference with Dakar is how much Javier & Sandra are prepared to help out, they're good people & good friends.

Sure, its a business & not free, but when you spend all your time running it you have to make money somehow and its not expensive.

I've stayed there several times, recommended it to friends who've also had good experiences.

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