HOSTEL COLONIAL - CRAZY BUENOS AIRES - UNUSUAL URBAN PLANNING - POST # 2

Roque Sáenz Peña Avenue, known to the “porteños” as "Diagonal Norte". At first sight, a beautiful street, but a street.
However, as part of the magic that is Buenos Aires, if we go from Plaza de Mayo Square (beginning at the corner of San Martin St., 5 blocks from Hostel Colonial, walking toward the south) to Lavalle Square (at the crossroads of Lavalle and Libertad streets, near the Palace of Justice, 8 blocks from Hostel Colonial, walking toward the northwest) and look up, they will see the feature that defines this street of Buenos Aires. Which is it?
All the buildings in six blocks long (1200 meters long) are the same height, It was a rare decision of urban planning, supported by a City Government. The other diagonal of Buenos Aires “Diagonal Sur”, Julio A. Roca Avenue, which begins almost at the same point, not at all these features.
Never in any other city in the world saw something like that, probably unaware of similar cases. Already part of our heritage, which is why I write this post. Can go see it, is nearly to the hostel and a beautiful walk, also the last block is pedestrian and bars invite you to drink.

Can go to my other blog and read another article published today on another curiosity of this street of Buenos Aires. The link

HOSTEL COLONIAL - LA NOCHE DE BUENOS AIRES, AVENIDA CORRIENTES Y SUS TEATROS

No es Times Square, seguro que no, es la Avenida Corrientes, en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Podría decirse que el Obelisco es el punto central, sólo hay que elegir para qué lado de la Avenida 9 de Julio cruzamos y nos dirigimos hacia el bajo, hacia Puerto Madero o hacia la Avenida Callao (son 20 cuadras en total si hacemos el recorrido de punta a punta). Todas las noches, al igual que de día es un mundo de gente, porqué? Por la cantidad de espectadores que convocan los teatros porteños.

Los más grandes (Ópera, Gran Rex , más de 5000 butacas entre ambos) están del lado del bajo (hacia el sur) a sólo 6 cuadras de Hostel Colonial y son los que elegí para este post, del otro lado, el Multiteatro, el Broadway y otros, suman muchas salas más pequeñas pero igual de convocantes. Sin dudas, Buenos Aires aún vive de noche y esto es sólo una pequeña muestra.

SEMANA SANTA - VENHA Á BUENOS AIRES, VENHA AO HOSTEL COLONIAL

Buenos Aires espera você com uma programaçao completa e de qualidade para a Semana Santa.


Esse ano, a cidade estima receber cerca de 200 mil turistas entre os dias 8 e 11 de Abril.

As reservas hoteleiras cresceram 30% mais que o ano passado, o que prova que Buenos Aires continua forte como destino turístico nesses tempos de crise. A agenda proposta pelo Governo da Cidade juntamente com instituiçoes privadas inclui variadas atividades gratuitas ou muito baratas como shows, visitas guiadas, recorridos históricos, shows no Teatro Colón, obras de teatro, feiras artesanais e a tradicional Via Crucis pela Avenida de Mayo.

O Hostel Colonial te destaca algumas buenas opçoes aqui por perto, para que voce passe seus feriados de Semana Santa aproveitando o máximo que a Capital Argentina te oferece.

Para a Quarta-feira 7 de Abril, o tradicional Café Tortoni abre suas portas com uma exposiçao de fotografias, objetos, documentos e mobiliário. Depois do café, a poucas quadras do Tortoni, o Teatro Colón apresenta duas obras: Enclaves e La Flauta Mágica, ambos às 20:30 horas.

Na Quinta-feira 8 de Abril se realizarao visitas guiadas ao recorrer do dia. San Telmo, Abasto, a Catedral Metropolitana e o recorrido histórico Monte Castro estao confirmados.

O programa "Bares Notáveis" incluirá uma grande noite de tango na antiga Confitería Ideal (Suipacha 384) Sexta-feira 9 de Abril: Outro bom dia para disfrutar das visitas guiadas às igrejas de Buenos Aires. Também se realizará a Feira de las Artes, na praça San Francisco(Alsina y Defensa).Às 20:30hs, Vía Crucis saindo da Plaza Lorea até a Plaza de Mayo (ponto de encontro: rua Luis Saénz Peña y Avenida de Mayo).

Entre muitas outras atividades, também se destacam em "Bares Notáveis" o Bar Miramar (Sarandí 1190) com show folclórico. Sábado 10 de Abril: Desde as 10 da manha até as 19hrs, dezenas de praças e parques em Buenos Aires serao espaço de diversas feiras de artesanato e antiguidades. Continuam as visitas guiadas gratuitas, destancando-se a Avenida de Mayo , uma das mais belas e históricas da cidade.

Ballet e concertos musicais tambñem estoa incluidos na agenda para esse dia. Fechando a programaçao, o Domingo 11 de Abril abre com a tradicional Feira de San Telmo. Aproveite para fazer a visita guiada à Manzana de las Luces e terminar o dia no bairro de Belgrano assistindo "La Casa de Bernarda Alba", no Museu de Arte Espanhola Enrique Larreta (que conta com o maior jardim andaluz de Buenos Aires). Essas sao somente algumas sugestoes do Hostel Colonial, o programa é bastante variado e extenso, se adapta ao gosto do turista. Os detalhes estao na página.

Contato e reservas: info@hostelcolonial.com.ar

BUENOS AIRES - THE PEOPLE IS GOOD AND SPEAK WELL FOR HOSTEL COLONIAL

One of the Europe Famous Hostels, Wombats , one of the most popular and fun hostels in the world. Some time been in Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires, and today I found this funny comment. Thanks guys!

Buenos Aires - Argentina


"They have bribed us with a bottle of red wine to recommend their hostel. Malbec, Mendoza, 2004, "Diego Armando Maradona". Delicious! Red wine from Argentina is as divine as Diego´s hand. We highly recommend to stay at Hostel Colonial . Cheers for the wine!"

Buenos Aires - Argentina

"Nos sobornaron con una botella de vino tinto para que recomendáramos su hostal. Malbec, Mendoza, 2004, "Diego Armando Maradona". ¡Delicioso! El vino tinto de Argentina es tan divino como la mano de Diego. Recomendamos quedarse en el Hostel Colonial. ¡Gracias por el vino!"

HOSTEL COLONIAL - UNITED BUDDY BEARS IN BUENOS AIRES

The United Buddy Bears, 140 bears painted by international artists. Each one represents a country. Tolerance and understanding among peoples and cultures, that´s the idea of this exhibition. A collective artwork that conveys the enjoyment of life.

Are in Buenos Aires until April 13. Culture for peace. Worthwhile to go and see it work.

San Martín Square, day and night, only 4 blocks from Hostel Colonial walking down the Florida pedestrian street to the north.

HOSTEL COLONIAL - CRAZY BUENOS AIRES - UNUSUAL URBAN PLANNING - POST # 1

In Parque Chas (20´in Subway from Hostel Colonial) there are 3 streets, that corner, where some houses have round shapes due to the geometry that the neighborhood demands, where Dublin, Gamarra and Londres are the same street even though there´re 3 different names and 2 people can be in Gandara and Londres streets and be 4 blocks away from eachother at the same time.
It´s quite difficult to understand the logic of a crossing between 2 streets, where 4 corners are located at some place and the other four are 4 blocks away from the first ones. Our mind, used to a simple streets crossing in a transversal way and remain like that all their way long, only allows a crossing of 4 cornes with only one intersection, so if 2 people are in 2 different corners they can meet eachother just by crossing the street. Crazy Buenos Aires!

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - FERIA PURO DISEÑO

Buenos Aires es conocida por la creatividad de sus jóvenes diseñadores, en todas las áreas del diseño. La moda que se puede ver en las vidrieras de las calles de Palermo y en las ferias porteñas como la de San Telmo, por ejemplo, busca siempre la novedad, lo original y ha conquistado miles de fanáticos por todo el mundo.
Siendo un ícono en ese mercado, Buenos Aires no podía dejar de ser la anfitriona de la principal feria de diseño de Latinoamérica. La IX edición de la Feria Puro Diseño se realizará en La Rural (estación Plaza Italia de la línea D del subte, a sólo 15´ de Hostel Colonial) desde el 23 al 29 de Marzo.
Seminarios y centenas de stands presentarán variados productos de diseñadores en las áreas de indumentaria, decoración del hogar, accesorios de moda, iluminación y mobiliario. La intención es exponer productos únicos, exclusivos e innovadores.

La feria contará con profesionales de todo el mundo, diseñadores exclusivos que comercializarán su trabajo y nuevos diseñadores que tendrán la misma oportunidad de hacerles conocer sus ideas y estilos.

Dirigida a los estudiantes de moda, diseño, arquitectura, profesionales, fanáticos, curiosos o simplemente consumidores de lo original. Los que se alojen en Hostel Colonial obtendrán descuentos para la semana y fácil acceso a los colectivos, taxis y subte que los acercan a La Rural, el principal centro de exposiciones y eventos de la capital. Un dato curioso, la web del evento está sólo en español.

Feria Puro Diseño






Buenos Aires é conhecida pela criatividade de seus jovens estilistas. A moda que se pode ver nas vitrines das ruas de Palermo e nas feiras portenhas como a de San Telmo, por exemplo, procura sempre a novidade e o original e tem conquistado milhares de fas por todo o mundo.
Sendo um icone nesse mercado, Buenos Aires nao poderia deixar de ser a anfitria da principal feira de design da América Latina. A IX edicao do evento Puro Diseño se realizará em La Rural (estaçao Plaza Italia da linha D do Subte, 15´ do Hostel Colonial) de 23 ao 29 de Março.

Seminarios e centenas de stands apresentarao produtos de estilistas nas areas de indumentaria, decoracao do lar, acessorios de moda, iluminacao e mobiliário. A intencao é expor produtos únicos, exclusivos e inovadores.

A feira contará com profissionais do mundo todo, estilistas exclusivos que comercializarao seu trabalho e novos estilistas que terao a mesma oportunidade de fazer que suas ideias e estilos sejam conhecidos.

Direcionada aos estudantes de moda, design, arquitetura, profissionais, fanáticos, curiosos ou simplesmente consumidores do original.

Os que se hospedem no Hostel Colonial obterao descontos para a semana e facil acesso aos onibus, taxis e subterraneo que lhes aproxima à La Rural, o principal centro de exposicoes e eventos da capital.

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES & THE ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

It has been a long time that Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires is working with the idea of improving the care and protection of natural and energetic resources, and this recessive year for the whole world comes as a great opportunity to apply new policies that helps not to aim the environment and save hard degradation feedstock.

To begin that we will implement a system of informative cards explaining how the room services of the hostel will be developed, improving also the personalized attention to each guest. These are the cards (image down this post) and the idea that they communicate. Also as a new policy, all of our cleaning products are ecologic, from trademarks like Lysoform, Diversey and others.

In the reception you are going to find 5 trash cans to separate organic, plastic, glass, paper and metallic garbage. Our sheets and blankets come from recycled material and we´ll be incorporating other materials. If there are any companies interested in this sustainable policies and helping the Hostel Colonial to get known as another of these companies, all of our guests, new products, we are into listening to new proposals.

We´ll open a new way, cities like Buenos Aires deserve that and the Hostel Colonial, with no doubts, a trend hostel, is following this course.

MEDIO AMBIENTE

Hace bastante tiempo que en Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires estamos trabajando sobre la idea de mejorar el cuidado de los recursos naturales y energéticos y este año recesivo en todo el mundo se presenta como una gran oportunidad para implementar nuevas políticas, que contribuyan a no resentir el medio ambiente y a economizar materias primas de difícil degradación.

Para comenzar implementaremos un sistema de tarjetas informativas de cómo se desarrollará el servicio de habitación del hostel, mejorando incluso la atención personalizada a cada pasajero. Estas son las tarjetas (la imagen arriba de este post) y la idea a comunicar. También como nueva política, todos nuestros artículos de limpieza son de líneas ecológicas de primeras marcas como Lysoform, Diversey y otras.

En la recepción del hostel encontrarán 5 cestos para separar residuos orgánicos, plástico, vidrio, papel y metal. Nuestras frazadas y acolchados son de material reciclado e iremos incorporando otros materiales,.

Si hay empresas interesadas en estas políticas sustentables y en hacernos conocer a Hostel Colonial como empresa y a todos nuestros huéspedes, sus productos, escuchamos propuestas.

Abrimos un nuevo camino, ciudades como Buenos Aires, lo merecen y Hostel Colonial, sin dudas, un trend hostel, va en ese rumbo.

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - TRAVEL MEMORIES & IDEAS

TRAVEL MEMORIES

Every time I travel, many simultaneous ideas start coming to my mind, ideas to be applied in my different ventures later, the hostel or the restaurants, which, most of the times, get more advantages in the distribution.

This time it has not been like that. Why? Well, because I still keep my record of 49 known countries and the 219 visited cities, I don´t know if I can add some small villages of the brazilian northeast, a destination that I choose since some years to spend my vacations, and although I never repeat places, I always take some days to spend in Salvador -Bahia, Recife or Olinda to enjoy the most crowded carnivals in the world (crowded, not popular - this title belongs, with no doubts, to Rio de Janeiro).

Every time I travel with my family we stay in beach resorts or four, five stars hotels, and besides of that I keep strongly defending the accomodation system raised by a hostel, in fact when I travel alone I stay in hostels, specially the ones for young people of all ages, or those that invest their resources in entertainment, food, tours, expanding the number of destinations or the trip duration. I also think that a good hostel, well located like the Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires, or any other hostel worldwide located in a central neighborhood, is the best option for those that travel to cities like Buenos Aires for a weekend or like 3 days, this will be the trend for 2009.

Now, well, let´s go back to my trip and the ideas. The Brazil Open tennis tournament was finishing in Costa do Sauípe, and in the middle of the spanish player Robredo´s celebrations me and my son were walking to the hotel and all of a sudden something surprised me, the consciousness about being careful with the ecology (let´s agree, it is also a great business), especially if we think about the Sauípe dimension, practically a city, and the volumes in people, consequently, the volumes in food, waste, detergents etc also multiply.

I had the opportunity to talk with the hostel staff, with experts in this subject and professionals of the Projeto Tamar (I had also done that in other opportunities in Sergipe, Praia do Forte and Angra dos Reis) that really gave me some sustainable ideas to apply, adapting to the case, policies of environment protection in cities like Buenos Aires and, humbly, the Hostel Colonial.

Another thing that surprised me was the adjusted services inside the hotel, which performance is the summation of what is produced in each area (including many expense levels to the same services) to double the billing values of the All Inclusive. Although, due to our infrastructure, the hostel can not offer this support, we can offer to our guests, products of all ranges and for all budgets. (by having my own restaurants, I think of offering, 365 days a year, services of All Inclusive Hostel, that would be a great idea, though its difficult to develop in a short-term).

It will certainly be one of the news of Hostel Colonial in 2009.

MEMORIAS DE VIAJE

Siempre que emprendo un viaje, empiezo a trabajar sobre varias ideas en simultáneo, ideas para aplicar a futuro en mis distintos emprendimientos, ya sea el hostel o los restaurantes, casi siempre los más favorecidos en el reparto.

Esta vez no ha sido igual. Porqué? Bien, porque aún sigo con mi récord de 49 países conocidos y a las 219 ciudades recorridas, no sé si agregarle algunos poblados del nordeste de Brasil, destino que elijo hace ya algunos años para mis vacaciones, y si bien nunca repito los lugares, siempre me hago de unos días para estar en Salvador de Bahía, en Récife o en Olinda para disfrutar de los carnavales más populosos del mundo (léase populosos, no conocidos, ese galardón es inobjetablemente de Río de Janeiro).

Siempre que viajo con mi familia opto por resorts de playa u hoteles de cuatro y cinco estrellas, sin por ello dejar de ser un defensor acérrimo del sistema de alojamiento que plantea un hostel, de hecho cuando viajo solo me alojo en hostels, sobre todo para jóvenes de toda edad o para aquellos que deciden volcar sus recursos a diversión, comida, excursiones o bien para ampliar la cantidad de destinos o el tiempo del viaje.

También creo que un buen hostel, bien localizado como Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires, o cualquier otro hostel del mundo situado en un área central, es la mejor opción para aquellos que viajan a ciudades como Buenos Aires por un fin de semana o por períodos de 3 días, esa será la tendencia en este 2009.

Ahora bien, volvamos al viaje y a las ideas. Terminaba el Abierto de Tenis de Brasil, en Costa do Sauípe y en medio de los festejos del español Robredo, caminábamos con mi hijo hacia el hotel y algo que me sorprendió, fue la toma de conciencia sobre el cuidado de la ecología (convengamos también que es un gran negocio), sobre todo si tenemos en cuenta las dimensiones de Sauípe, prácticamente una ciudad y los volúmenes de gente que se movilizan, por ende, se multiplican los volúmenes de comida, residuos, detergentes, etc.

Tuve oportunidad de contactarme con personal del hotel, con especialistas en el tema y con profesionales del Projeto Tamar (también lo había hecho en otras oportunidades en Sergipé, en Praia do Forte y en Angra dos Reis) y realmente me dieron pautas sustentables para aplicar, con las adaptaciones del caso, políticas de protección del medio ambiente en ciudades como Buenos Aires y más humildemente en Hostel Colonial.

Otra de las cosas que me sorprendió fue la ajustada maquinaria de servicios dentro del hotel, cuya performance es la sumatoria de lo producido en cada área (incluso con diversos niveles de gasto para un mismo servicio) con el fin de duplicar los valores de facturación del All Inclusive. Si bien el hostel no puede por infraestructura brindar semejante soporte, sí puede ofrecer a sus huéspedes productos de toda gama y para todo nivel de presupuesto (incluso al contar con restaurantes propios, se me ocurre brindar los 365 del año, servicios de Hostel All Inclusive, creo que sería una gran idea, aunque difícil de desarrollar a corto plazo) y sin dudas será otra de las novedades de Hostel Colonial en 2009.

HOSTEL COLONIAL - NOW IN BUENOS AIRES! - THE 2009 QUILMES ROCK FESTIVAL

The Hostel Colonial is already preparing the field for those who are coming to the 2009 edition of the famousQuilmes Rock Festival, that brings this year, in 4 different days, great national and foreign bands.
Alternative and argentine rock, electronic, reggae and metal in a huge event that the lovers of the good music and good parties cannot miss.
The dates, stadiums and confirmed bands for the Quilmes Rock 2009 in Buenos Aires are:

1st Day - March 24th (Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires)
Radiohead
Kraftwerk
La Portuaria

2nd Day - March 28th (Estadio Velez Sarsfield)
Iron Maiden
Sepultura
Horcas
Lauren Harris Band
O´Connor

3rd Day - April 4th (Estadio River Plate)
Los Piojos
Divididos
Los Cafres
Kapanga
Fidel

4th Day - April 5th (Estadio River Plate)
Kiss
Ratones Paranoicos
Las Pelotas
Molotov
Massacre

The Hostel Colonial, in the old editions of Quilmes Rock, received groups of young people with parties, the best prices and lodging services and all the good vibes in the Buenos Aires Downtown, with easy access to buses and subway lines that take you to the stadiums.
This year we are also waiting for you to enjoy this party with us, our playlist is already set and we assure your welcome beer aswell.

HOSTEL COLONIAL - BUENOS AIRES, BOA ACOLHIDA PARA O PÚBLICO GLS

Segúm a edição especial de Viagem: Viajens GLS, Buenos Aires é “Luxo, compras baratas e boa acolhida para o público GLS y pergunta: Você está esperando o que para ir?
Segúm Viagem, Buenos Aires está com a bola toda. Mais porqué isso aconteceu? Isso tudo é resultado de uma grande mudança na aceitação de gays e lésbicas pela sociedade portenha e porque os novos cores do “Turismo Portenho” foram uma grande ajuda para construir uma das ciudades mais gay-friendly abaixo da Linha do Equador.
A renomada Planet Out, empresa americana voltada para o público GLBT, elegeu Buenos Aires como o melhor destino gay do mundo por dois anos consecutivos, à frente de cidades como Londres, París e Sydney.
Buenos Aires foi a primeira cidade latino-americana a reconhecer a união civil entre pessoas do mesmo sexo. A primeira Copa Mundial de Futebol Gay foi realizada o ano pasado em Buenos Aires. Com a moeda em baixa, nos últimos anos, o turismo portenho foi um dos sectores que mais cresceram no país, ultrapasando os 5 milhões de pessoas por ano. A Secretaría de Turismo de Buenos Aires acredita que 20 % desse total seja formado por gays de todo o mundo (em Hostel Colonial foi um 17 %).
Não existe em Buenos Aires um bairro exclusivamente gay, o que se observa na cidade é o aumento de lugares friendly, como nosso hostel, es uma intenção da própria cidade em se reconhecer gay-friendly, não há incentivos públicos, é uma iniciativa dos própios estabelecimentos.
Independentemente do lugar que você escolher para ficar (nosso Hostel Colonial es uma opção) é bom saber que o transporte público funciona muito bem e os taxis são baratos. A maior parte das atraçoes fica nos bairros do Centro (Hostel Colonial fica aquí), Recoleta, Palermo e San Telmo. Os mapas GMAPS e The Ronda, que trazem um roteirão bem detalhado da vida gay em Buenos Aires, são una mão na roda.
Boas lojas e baratas, churrascarías, cafés, outlets, shopping centers, tango e as milongas gays, é claro que existem bares, boates e até hotéis gays, mas, uma vez na cidade, prepare-se para entender o significado da palabra friendly, que, se no Brasil tem a ver com tolerancia, em Buenos Aires é uma atitude real.

Anote aí: Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires – Gay Friendly – Calle Tucumán 509- 1º andar – A uma quadra da famosa Calle Florida – (5411)4312-6417 – hostelblog.com.ar

HOSTEL COLONIAL - BUENOS AIRES IN THE MOONLIGHT

# 2 Images , the bright side of the moon in Buenos Aires, it seems a fitting incorporated into the urban landscape. Maybe so.

Captured by IPhone Camera Pro. No flash.

HOSTEL COLONIAL PRODUCTS - A BUENOS AIRES QUICK POCKET GUIDE

In the next months, the best of Hostel Colonial blogs will become a travelers guide. The printed guide is FREE and will be delivered in different places (the hostel front desk, restaurants, pubs, streets and more) of the city of Buenos Aires.

What´s the content? Nothing new, there are about 1200 post to select.

- Buenos Aires highlights.

- Interest places (tips, transportation and more).

- Buenos Aires photo.

- Hostel Colonial neighborhood hotspots (wifi free points guide).

- Hostel services and more.

- Buenos Aires in duotone.

- Backpacking in the city.

We have to wait a while, the project is ambitious and I´m still negotiating with some sponsors (the best year I chose to do so) and also with the Government of Buenos Aires so that blogs and the guide are declared of tourist interest (a very difficult task). Stay tuned.

An outline of the cover.

HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - THE TANGO, CANDIDATE TO BE A CULTURAL PATRIMONY OF THE HUMANITY

The Tango is one of the canditates to be a cultural and immaterial patrimony of the humanity (Oral traditions and expressions, spectacle arts, social uses, festivals, etc). The parisien Immaterial and Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity Safeguard Commision will meet on September of this year, in Abu Dhabi (Arabian Emirates) to approve or deny more than 100 canditates from different countries all over the world.

The Tango application is signed by the Argentine Secretary of Culture together with the Culture Ministry of Uruguay, and was presented by Buenos Aires and Montevideo. According to safe sources from UNESCO, Tango has a probability of almost 100% to be approved, due to the presented proposal.

This is not the first attempt, but the other ones haven´t succeded. The Tango, as a "rioplatense" cultural manifest, is presented as a genre that joins dance, music, poetry, song, cinema, "milongas", all of them interacting in a symbolic universe. It impregnates the imaginary of the Río de la Plata river, making itself a fundamental symbol of the rioplatense identity.It´s already known that the approval will depend on the support of some "alternative" countries like Korea, México, Kenya and the Arabian Emirates, all of them interested in the cultural Tango expression.

We have all the expectations to get this title. It means that the Tango will be recognized by the UNESCO as a sign of local identity and will have a symbolic value. It is going to involve all the artists and elements that interact in its existence. Buenos Aires and Montevideo have the compromise of creating a Tango Docummentation and Register Center, find old manuscripts, sound material, old traditional clothes and musical instruments. Besides that, they are going to create a Teaching Tango Dance Institute and a bandoneon asignature.

The Hostel Colonial and all the Tango lovers are all crossing their fingers.

HOSTEL COLONIAL - SOMOS BUENOS AIRES

Clyde Oliveira, una amiga de Brasil, nos regaló este fotomontaje (créanlo, hay gente que aún hace estas cosas) con estas palabras: "El Obelisco, La Boca, el Hostel Colonial, la vida nocturna, el movimiento incesante, todo eso para mí es Buenos Aires, ustedes, gente linda, son Buenos Aires, los amo, amo esta ciudad de locos a la que vuelvo siempre, siempre a los mismos lugares, já". Así será entonces.

HOSTEL COLONIAL - END OF THE SUMMER SEASON IN BUENOS AIRES

Another summer ends on this side of the world. Missing a few days but still strong of the season has gone.We have lived two spectacular months in Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires.

A memorable season, the hard work starts now. Thanks you so much to all friends and backpackers from various provinces of our country, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, USA, Spain, France, México, Ecuador, Sweden, Japan and Singapore who have chosen to spend their holidays in this great city of Argentina and in our hostel.

See you soon. Jorge.

HOSTEL COLONIAL HAS BEEN NOMINATED IN THE LONELY PLANET 2009 TRAVEL BLOGGER AWARDS

The category that Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires has been nominated in the Lonely Planet 2009 Travel Blogger Awards is for Best Micro-blogging. For me it´s a great joy because Twitter was the first social network which I participated. Also thanks to Twitter, that the work was done in early 2007 began to be observed.

Coincidentally the first person who mentioned in his blog about the existence of a hostel at Twitter and who somehow internalizes me about the use of social networks was Jorge Gobbi, author of Blog de Viajes, another argentine blog that has been nominated in the category Best Spanish Language Blog.

There are top five nominated blogs in each category. You can vote for one blog in each category (Hostel Colonial = Best Micro-blogging). Voting will close at 12am on Wednesday 20th March 2009 Pacific Time USA.

VOTE for us here

Follow me: Hostel Colonial in Twitter

Thanks to all who are interested in this job, thanks to the friends I made through Twitter, thank you everyone and....go to win.

BUENOS AIRES STREET ART BY HOSTEL COLONIAL - POST # 2

For those who liked the first photo of Street Art in Buenos Aires. Post # 2. Well, we think a bit of suspense and traffic, why not?

You will not see the new pictures here. If you don´t know, this is the opportunity. Click on the title of this post and travel directly to our blog at Wordpress. Hostel Colonial present "Buenos Aires Street Art". The walls of my city have something to say, look, listen ....