Macondo

... On the day that I said my last goodbye to Pete, who has returned home, he was complaining about a town that had renamed itself Macondo, after the mythical town of One-Hundred Years of Solitude, solely as a way to get tourists to go to this nothing place. ...

... to the mythical town of Macondo and the Buendias) for a grand total of C$26,000 (USD13).  While the Macondo is cheap and a wonderful guesthouse for travelers looking to arrange adventure sports, we unknowingly had also finally found the backpacker ...

... Medellin I bussed it to Barranquilla, from there I randomly decided to check out Gabriel Garcia Marquez' hometown. Aracataca is supposedly Macondo (setting of 100 Years of Solitude) so I figured I might find some weirdness and maybe even run into José ...

... he stayed. Realising that he needed a  job he thought that running a hostel would be the easiest option, so he started Macondo and is still there now! The atmosphere there is great, its really chilled out and everyone is extremely relaxed and ...

... . We knew the name of our small hostel, but that wasn't good enough. None of the cab drivers had ever heard of Hostel Macondo. And it wasn´t listed in the phone book. Neither Thom nor I mentioned the word ¨lost¨ as we wandered aimlessly. We barely ...

... Capital of Colombia. From Bogota we took a 7 hour bus ride from the bus station and landed in San Gil. We had booked a night at Macondo, which is ran by an Australian. Here we found a room with shared bath for 40,000 pesos. We ended up with a room that ...

... picked up by a charter bus and driven to Tamarindo, a coastal city that is a fairly popular tourist attraction. We stayed at Villas Macondo and spent most of our time on the beach which was a short walk away. The beach was gorgeous, looking back at the ...

... so much to do here- caving, white water rafting, waterfall rappeling, bungee jumping, paragliding, kayaking and tons of hiking. The Macondo Guesthouse is one of the best hostels that I have had the pleasure of staying at and so I have decided to ...

Stayed 2 nights in the excellent Macondo - great room, nice outside spaces, clean kitchen and breakfast included. Ceunca itself was nice enough but 1 day was enough to walk around town and see the sights. Local restaurants were expensive or uninspiring ...

We did the early bus mission from Bogota to San Gil six hours away where we checked into Macondo Guesthouse owned by the very friendly Australian Shaun. We took some time to negotiate a fare for the journey and ended up on a mini van collectivo leaving ...

... after we rushed to get these missions done before they closed for the weekend, we could finally chill out and check in to Hostel Macondo.  This place was awesome.  It's really cheap, really nice, and the breakfast is really good (and included). ...

... a pretty colonial town, that looked safe and relatively affluent. I managed to get chatting to the Australian owner of my Hostel - Macondo - just after I arrived and he filled me in on everything to do in the area and a little bit on Colombian politics, ...

... in San Gil to defrost.  Of course, we did arrive here eventually. I immediately hired a cab into the town and got to my hostel- Macondo. I was looking forward to having my private room here. No dorm for a few days. My room is up the stairs and has a ...

... Gil is working its way to becoming an adventure capital of south america.  You name it, you can do it here. Staying at the Macondo hostel.  Owned by shaun, an aussie who has lived over here for years.  Great place.  Comfy beds, cool ...

... one although coming across the railroad through the middle was a delight as the coming of the rails is such a momentous occasion for Macondo in the novel. We drove into the town square but for some reason there appeared to be a public meeting going on ...

... even got a mention in the latest LP handbook; the rooms and rates are far better than those at Sam’s VIP Hostel and Macondo Hostal. The spacious rooms with high ceilings have private bathrooms, good beds, cable TV and Wi-Fi. Four of the rooms have ...