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...