<\/a><\/center>The Surf Hostel was by far the nicest hostel of the whole trip: huge common area (pictured above), spacious rooms, uber-friendly staff, and a free breakfast with espresso and scrambled eggs (compare to: bread and jam, the typical South American hostel “breakfast”). It was also the most expensive hostel of the trip at roughly $20 per person per night.<\/p>\n
Because yesterday was a bus today, and tomorrow was going to be a bus day, we just rested more today. Everyone in the group needed it. Jonah and Ingmar went surfing, and I poked around the downtown walking promenade. I found a Govinda restaurant (a chain which serves all-vegetarian fare run by Hare Krishnas) and convinced them to open up at 8pm for our group\u2014so we enjoyed a lovely vegetarian fixed-menu in our very own restaurant! A great ending to a restful day.<\/p>\n
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