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Originally Posted by iblade
I just don't like the idea of staying in hotels. It's just too easy. You can eat your western food, stay in your western style room and basically never learn about the country. Travelling by foot or by bike, not knowing where you will spend the night forces you to make connections...
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What I find to be the best option is to stay in locally owned hotels. First of all they're cheaper than the big westernized hotels, and secondly they do allow you to take in the local culture. If they serve food, it's what the locals eat. If they don't serve food then the stores and restaurants nearby will have the local foods. And the rooms are often what a local would expect to see in a hotel, not what we would expect in a hotel room.