You would think that after 2 weeks of Spanish school and already having spent more then a month in Spanish speaking South America, we would have been able to understand basic things like how much a room was !
But when we went to Guaranda, straight after finishing our classes, we enquired about a double room in a hostel recommended by LP. What the guy said to us just didn't sound like Spanish to us at all!
I heard him say "Diez" in a way that sounded like they had rooms but it was in a dorm of 10 beds! Gwen and I consulted each trying to understand what he was saying!
But because of our confusion and us telling each other "diez" with furrowed brows, he then said more to us.
We enquired again if the room was a double because we still weren't sure and he said Si and let us look in the room.
When we went to pay, the cost turned out to be $16 per night. We later figured out he was saying it costs $10 per person and then reduced it for us to $8 per person!
Win for our bargaining skills!!
Haha that's awesome! $20 for a room is super cheap, but $16 is even better!
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