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OCUMARE DE LA COSTA, VENEZUELA Name: Hotel Montemar Address: Price: $25 Rating: Mediocre Reviewed: 1997 Review: Ocumare de la Costa is a tiny beach town and a little touristy, located only two and a half hours by a rickety old bus from Maracay. A few inexpensive hotels of sorts and this seems to be the best one this town has to offer (which isn’t saying much). Barely adequate hotel located both a few blocks from the center of town and where the official bus stop is. It’s only a couple of blocks from the beach. Rooms are fairly spacious and come with air conditioning and that’s about it. The floors aren’t the cleanest and the ugly green walls are all dirty and marked up. The room also has a nauseating smell of bug spray. Barely recommended but might be okay for an overnight stay. Advisary: You might want to think twice before coming to this town. Since I was without a car, I took a rickety old bus from the busy Maracay bus terminal. Maybe about a half hour or so out of town, the military stopped the bus and told everyone to get off. They had us form two lines. One line was for women and children and the other for men. Then they asked (in Spanish, of course) to see our documentation. In my case, this meant showing my passport. The military armed guards then proceeded to go through all of our personal belongings. I wondered what they were looking for. The people on the bus, including myself, didn’t exactly look like a bunch of terrorists. Finally, after they searched and found nothing on any of us, we were allowed to reboard the bus and continue along our way. After another half hour or so, the bus stops again. Apparently, the bus driver forgot to fill up the gas tank before leaving the bus terminal and we had to wait for another bus to come by and pick us up. It was more trouble than what it was worth coming to this town. OSORIO, BRAZIL Name: Bassani Osorio Hotel Address: Price: $11 Rating: Mediocre Reviewed: 1992 Review: In this small town there are plenty of inexpensive hotels to choose from and this is one of them. Good hotel located within walking distance from the bus terminal and the center of town. Rooms are simple and fairly clean (even though the paint is peeling from the walls and the carpet needs shampooing). Recommended! Price includes breakfast. OURINHOS, BRAZIL Name: Hotel Comercial Address: rua Amornio Prado 38 Price: $12 Rating: Mediocre Reviewed: 1995 Review: Adequate hotel conveniently located a couple of blocks from the bus terminal and several blocks from the downtown area. The hotel is actually located over a very cheap restaurant facing a park across the street. Rooms are simple, clean and very spacious. Barely recommended. Price includes breakfast. Drawbacks: 1) Not all of the rooms have room numbers on them. Therefore, make a mental note of where your room is located. 2) You may find a small but harmless lizard in your room. Advisary: The hotel is located in a poorer area of the city. Be especially careful if venturing out at night. OURO FINO, BRAZIL Name: Hotel Dois Irmoes Address: Price: $7 Rating: Worst Reviewed: 1996 Review: Dumpy hotel located a short distance from the bus terminal by taxi ($4 - fair price!) and near the downtown area. Rooms are small, dumpy, shabby (although miraculously pretty clean), and come with one of the most uncomfortable beds that I’ve had the misfortune of sleeping on. The bathroom is located down the hall. This hotel is definitely only for the financially hard up. Best avoided if at all possible. Not recommended in the least. Price includes breakfast. Drawbacks: 1) Some of the drawbacks include a broken window, worms, flies, cobwebs, dirty and grimy walls, ect. 2) The commual bathroom is a disgrace. Advisary: There’s a drastic shortage of good hotels in the city. In fact, they have only one decent one and they “claimed” to have been filled up at the time of my visit. OVALLE, CHILE Name: Gran Hotel Address: Price: $9 Rating: Mediocre Reviewed: 1990 Review: Good hotel and the best that this city has to offer located in the immediate downtown area. Rooms are basic, clean and extremely spacious. Recommended! |
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