Coyhaique room hunt

We started our room hunt after Maria and Hristo arrived. Almost every hostel seemed to be full due to some sports event happening in the town. Either they were full or too expensive for our budget. Finally, we decided to stay at Hostal Austral about 300 mts from the main plaza. It wasn't the best place but for our situation it worked just fine. It was a school converted to a hostel. Even the furniture from the classrooms was still there, all moved to ones side and bunk beds placed all over the classrooms. There were only 3 bathrooms for a total of about 30 possible occupants in all the rooms. I had my flight to Santiago in 2 days so I didn't want to change the hostel so Melinda and I booked for 2 nights while Hristo didn't like the place so they decided to stay there for 1 night only and look for another place for the rest of the days.
Next morning, Hristo went out looking for an alternate accommodation but found everything to be more expensive or too far. Finally, just when he had given up he decided to check on booking.com and found one place for 2 just 50 mts from our hostel. It was a bit more expensive but much better in comfort and more practical in the bathrooms etc. They moved their stuff to the hostel.Read more