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About Me
Thursday, December 1, 2011
2:09 PM | 
Posted by
Brandon |
The most interesting thing I saw today was the old rusted out car resting on its side at the bottom of the Cliff. Hopefully it was just the scene of an action movie, although I did have flashbacks to Toonces the Driving Cat.
Apparently, El Calafate runs out of money every weekend. We had heard earlier in the week from travelers heading in the opposite direction that there was no money in any of the ATMs on Sunday. That has proven to be mostly true today as well. We talked to people who said they tried every bank in town with no luck. Fortunately, I met a woman after returning to our hostel who said she found one bank that still had money 45 minutes prior. Tomorrow is a holiday, so we flew to the bank, which had quite a few people waiting. Luckily, we were in time, as this hostel only accepts cash. We spent most of the day wandering around town, making reservations for excursions tomorrow and buying food.
Our hostel is clean, but I have some serious complaints. The woman who runs it insists that both her computers used for internet and the WiFi used by lodgers with laptops be shut down at midnight. We didn’t return to the hostel until very late and were not notified about this until midnight. We were also told that we weren’t allowed to stay in the lobby after midnight and must go to our rooms. I felt like a child being sent to bed without any internet bread. I am going to be posting negative reviews for this place on HostelWorld.com. She should be running a boarding school instead of a lodge.
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