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communal kitchen for cooking up all those North Beach grocery finds, and the
hostel also offers private rooms (with TV/VCRs) for $60 to $72. If you want a
quiet hostel, go with HI, but if you're in the mood to mingle, the Tortoise,
endearingly shabby, is it. You must have an out-of-state ID to stay here, and you
might be asked for proof of future travel bookings to prove that you don't plan to
move in for months. The operators run regular summertime Hostel Hopper shut-
tles to Las Vegas ($59) and Los Angeles ($39).
