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Black Sheep Hostel, Medellín, Colombia.

This hostel in El Poblado is owned by a New Zealander and a good new option that opened in 2005. It's a 15 minute walk from Parque Poblado, in a quiet residential neighbourhood. The house is large with lots of hangout spaces and a garden, and has a good kitchen you can use, barbeque, hammocks, internet and so on. If you don't want to take a taxi, you can go to metro stop Poblado and walk from there (15 minutes). Dorm beds are 18000 pesos (US $10), a double room is 36000 pesos (US$ 20).

Address: Transversal 5A No 45 - 133 To get there, tell the taxi driver it's in, Medellín
Tel: 311 15 89
Tel: 311 13 79
website: http://www.blacksheepmedellin.com/
Dorm beds available.
Private rooms available.

First posted by Peter on May 27, 2008, 21:33. Last edit by njc on Dec 14, 2008, 18:23. Editing history.

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Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 4, 2008, 03:23:

They have a communal barbeque in the garden on sundays too, which is fun. I hear they're organizing Spanish classes too now, anyone tried them?

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Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 23, 2008, 13:36:

Tell the taxi driver to go to "Bario Bonito" when taking a taxi, or they might have a hard time finding it.

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viajero123 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Nov 18, 2008, 07:52:

The website provides a set of directions to give to your taxi driver since it is common for them to get lost.

The environment is great and it is easy to meet other travelers and nice to just be there and relax. They also have a TV room where you can watch games and a films from a very varied catalogue. They provide a fast and realiable internet service in new computers. The management is also very helpful giving information on what to do, how much it costs and how to get to places. It is located in a very calm, nice and safe neighbourhood but it is still very close to Parque Lleras and a metro station.

There might be too few bathrooms in the hostel which means the bathrooms can get dirty at times, and a queue might build up at "peak" hours.

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gorgonabob says on Feb 25, 2009, 05:01:

The Black Sheep is currently undergoing some renovations which will add a whole new floor with a dozen new double rooms, half with private bathrooms. We will also be increasing the number of shared bathrooms and putting in another common room and increasing the size of the BBQ area. The problem of too few bathrooms will be solved for good. If anything we are going to have too many. Should be all up and running by mid-May.. si dios quiere, as they say here in Colombia with all too much frequency

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apwhite says on Aug 24, 2009, 16:48:

Usual hostel vibe, quite crowded at times. Cool BBQ on Sunday. TV room is usually busy. Helpful staff.
The new floor is very nice. Stayed in a big room with a double bed for 40k COP.

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