+ 57 314 358 29 30, lacasadefrancois.com, doubles from $40, dorms from $18pp, camping from $8pp Marlouric Casa Los Molles, Tilcara, Jujuy Casa Los Molles overlooks the hills of Quebrada de Humahuaca, near the amazing rock formations of Purmamarca and the Argentinian salt flats.
The hostel owner greeted me and led me to the building, a mix of comfortable doubles and dorms.
Even after a year of relentless attacks on students – 67 teenage boys were burnt alive in their dorms last year, marking the start of a wave of attacks that has since seen hundreds of pupils killed – Chibok stood out for the sheer scale and cruelty.
Frustrated with his situation, Williams took out another loan to move out of the dorms and find a place of his own.
Dorms $22, seminars free, erraticrock.com Jude Burke To appreciate the vastness, variety and beauty of Patagonia, fly into Osorno, Chile, rent a four-wheel drive vehicle or off-road motorbike, and crisscross southbound between Chile and Argentina.
The hardest part for Williams when he left the college dorms for school breaks, only to have nowhere to lay down his head: how could he keep up his college education like this? "I had hopes and aspirations of going to school.
+598 2916 5287, es.posadaalsur.com.uy, doubles from $60, dorms $18pp JulianWW Casa Sol, Mérida An amazing posada in the centre of Mérida, the most chilled-out city in Venezuela.
Casa na Praia (casanapraiatofo.com) and Casa Barry are charming guesthouses, Fatima's Nest has tents and dorms, and Tofo Mar is a luxury option.
Dorms £19.40pp (all single-sex), two-bed room £47, four-bed family room £75, pods from £30 per night The hostel at Hawes sits at the highest point of Yorkshire's highest market town, and offers superb views.
Dorms £28pp B&B There's a gracious air at Whashton Springs Farm, just three miles from the lovely market town of Richmond in the northern dales.
Dorms, £18, under-16s £10, under-5s free You would be forgiven for not knowing about Boggle Hole YHA, it hides in a coastal valley so narrow that its eaves almost touch on both sides.
