Dora was wonderful and even allowed us to make a a few requests that she wouldn’t need to do and we’re quite an inconvenience, but she replied to the late notice request and did it promptly and with joy.
Location is absolutely perfect . it’s like four minutes from town (five dollar taxi) and straight in the middle of town where all the action is…which is busy and crazy, Since it’s facing the beach and not facing or within the crazy town, it’s quite peaceful.
Take note that if you’re coming to Belize for relaxation and tranquility, you need to be on the beach or slightly out of the town of San Pedro.
If you’re looking for action, you will need to rent a go cart and drive about 30 minutes on very precarious dirt roads and take a lot of turns that are not clearly marked. We actually just took two locals with us who needed a ride and they showed us exactly how to get there. The locals are very friendly and totally accommodating for anything that you might need. Just watch or hold or lock or leave all of your belongings before dealing with them because even the super nice friendly accommodating locals will try to steal from you And put things on your tab wherever you may be together.
Currently the Caribbean facing part of the island is experiencing immense and grow test and totally foul proportions of seaweed and red tide and I’m not sure how long that will last but they said it’s not common however I haven’t researched that.
The Laguna side of the island which is where secret beaches does not experience any seaweed in the water is always crystal clear because it’s protected by the island. I don’t know if there’s any place to stay over there yet. I think it’s pretty new but if the tides are bad, and seaweed is in, just head to the other side of the island.
Or you can just stay at doors and paste the beach and smell the seaweed and get a boat to take you passed it. It does return to clear in about 200 yards. I tried kayaking thru it and I would not recommend that at all. it’s very very difficult and smelly and there’s bugs in it.