Global Village Backpackers - Toronto

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Canadian Bacon

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Hey guys,

Ironic since I am from Toronto...but I stayed at Global Village backpacker in Toronto last Friday night. And it was a great hostel, and a card security system - best I have ever seen at a hostel.

Friendly staff and great location: its right in smack middle of everything to see and do: King and Spadina.

To the north is Chinatown and Kensington Market.
To the west is Queen Street which is the indy artsy district.
To the east is clubbing/entertainment district.
To the south is skydome, CN tower (which my buddy from Seattle refered to as a 'giant space needle' - needless to say, I was offended)

It's a 20 min walk to the Train station
10 min walk to the subway (st. andrew)
5 min ride via street car to Spadina station

I recommend!
 
Yeah this place seems really awesome. I walk past it every day I head down to the rock climbing gym. Just for kicks I looked up reviews for it a bit ago and they're all pretty rave. It seems to have an awesome vibe and definitely in a wicked neighbourhood for toronto. Everything you need is within walking distance (and who doesn't like a little authentic chinese right next door~it's on the edge of china town)
 
^Yeah - it seems a rather broad hint...doesn't it?????:p

On a serious note CB, what's the rate for a night? Did you stay in a dorm, double?
 
mbo108 said:
does this mean i'm not invited to stay with you guys if i come to Toronto?
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Haha bear in mind that none of the Toronto Tpunks actually live IN the city. Well, minus me (for the next month) and I'm currently living in a 1 bedroom apt. with my 2 brothers (so the floor space is already taken ;) )
 
Ya, that's just something us Ontario kids say to make it easier for people who have no idea where the small town we live in actually is! My whole life, I have always been from "a small town two hours north of Toronto!!"
 
^On a similar note, when traveling abroad, I have lived my entire life 100km west of Disney World. :p

--Joey
 
Hah, mine is "just north of London", which usually gets the response "wow, great, it must be really cool living in London!". No, no, no, I don't live IN London, I just told you that!!!

(That was before I lived in Birmingham... now I'm not sure how I'd explain Birmingham. I know it's a big city, but do people really know where it is?)
 
LiveFreeorDie said:
On a serious note CB, what's the rate for a night? Did you stay in a dorm, double?
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Its like something like 29 bucks a night... yes, a little steep I know. And the room I stayed in was a quad, and it smelled like ASS. THe entire floor smelled like ASS.

Not that I did much sleeping anyway. It was my buddy's last night in Canada, so we stayed out most of the night.
 
benna2 said:
Ya, that's just something us Ontario kids say to make it easier for people who have no idea where the small town we live in actually is! My whole life, I have always been from "a small town two hours north of Toronto!!"
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Yeah I live in a little town 5 hours north of Toronto... ottawa :lol:
 
Yeah explaining Birmingham, AL to the rest of the world is a bit difficult as well, unless they are aware of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. I usually just tell them that it is close to Atlanta or to the north of Florida. Then I usually get quoted a verse from the song "Sweet Home Alabama" or something from Forest Gump, happened to me about 200 times while I was traveling.
 
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