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08-05-2007, 11:17 AM
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Booking Pamplona hostel for Running of the Bulls 08
How far in advance can I book? Or should I book? I tried checking hostels here on the site and it says none are available.
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Matt
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08-05-2007, 03:44 PM
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For that time of year, you should always book in advance. Have you tried hostelworld.com or hostelz.com? There are a shitload of Tpunks who have been to the running, and will be along shortly to give you even more advice. Good luck! 
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08-05-2007, 04:08 PM
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Thank you
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08-05-2007, 04:53 PM
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Those sites arent brining up anything either. I found one in San Sebastian but it is 42.99 a night. I am prolly just looking to far in advance. Maybe in a month or 2 dates will be available for next year.
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08-05-2007, 06:43 PM
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Dont book a hostel (if there even are any....it's a reeeeeaaally small town) for 2 reasons.
1) it's going to be ridiculously expensive at that time of year if you can actually find a place (I know a lot of people will rent out a small room in there house or something to tourists and just cram people in for ridiculous amounts of money)
2) everyone sleeps in the parks....just join them! It's so much fun....the first night. Just dont plan on staying too long. It can get diiiiiirty and cold....bring a sweater & long pants. Leave your expensive stuff at town hall (in the centre of town) where they have a "locker-type" system....I think it's like 3 euros everytime you go into it or something like that
Good luck! The run is defiitely a once in a lifetime type of experience! 
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08-05-2007, 07:19 PM
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Thanks for the info! How far is Pamplona from San Sebastian?
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08-09-2007, 12:40 PM
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When you arrive there, if you ask around there are places for rent. Many locals rent their flats out during this time (and make a ton of money). There are always rooms available...
My advice: DO NOT SLEEP IN THE PARK. It's cold as hell (under 10 degrees Celcius in the morning), and not as many people as you think sleep in the park... at least in 2007. I got a cold and bronchitus from sleeping in the park...
Of course the second night me and buddy from jersey ended up meeting these two girls who were kind enough to let us sleep in their car... which was pretty fun, to be honest. But the first and third nights sleeping in the park were just brutal!!!
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08-09-2007, 12:44 PM
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Yes... they will rip you off for accomodations.
But in my opinion, it's totally worth it... in the morning when I woke up at 5am by the cold (it's like the air taps you on the shoulder and says "wake up! it's so damn cold!!") I would have paid anything for a room...
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Vincent: "So what you gonna do?"
Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."
Trips (only counting recreational travel):
FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland
SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain
2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics!
2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand.
2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)
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08-10-2007, 01:20 PM
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We were there this year, and Bacon is right, hardly anybody was really sleeping in the parks. If you do sleep in a park, sleep in the little grassy patch in front of the train station. We walked past it and went up to the city to party and then crash, the next day we were kicking ourselves in the ass for not sleeping there. The people partying out there will keep you up, one way or another.
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08-10-2007, 04:59 PM
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yeah that's what I did...well I dont think I was RIGHT before the train station...more 'en route.....hahah one of the guys I was with even slept on a hobo's mattress, everyone else decided it was too dirty for them....
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GO CANADA!!!!
If you walk backwards, you'll find out that you can go forward and people won't know if you're coming or going.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
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Countries I've Visited: Austria, Botswana, Canada, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy. Malawi, Mexico, Portugal, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, USA, UK, Vatican City, Zambia
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08-10-2007, 05:37 PM
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Thats for all the info yall!
Just went to the post office today and applied for my Passport! Will have it in about 10-12 weeks!
That much closer! Now I just gotta find a job to cover my finances LOL!
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