I have to say I am utterly disappointed. Claudio treated us like castaways the moment we arrived because he was angry we were an hour and a half late for check in. He felt the communication should have been stronger and that is fair, except for the fact that we were in an unfamiliar country trying to take public transit without data service because like most backpackers, we are on a budget. If you get lost there is no way to communicate without paying a lot of money for cell phone data, which is what happened to us. He wanted to know when we would arrive weeks before the scheduled trip date, and although we could estimate, it is not really known until you get here and figure it all out yourself. He felt we should have communicated better even far before the trip and I understand that but access to data where I am from is also very limited for personal reasons; I spend my entire days taking care of my sick father with cancer treatments, cooking meals, etc. This trip for us was different than most people and had special circumstances which would have been explained but we apologized several times and he refused to even hear an explanation. He practically threw everything at us when we got in the house and his big exotic, "homey" breakfast everyone raves about was a hard boiled egg and some bread. He did not eat with us and would not even let us set foot in the house. He did NOT treat us like family as everyone else says, he did not offer any information, help or guidance for our stay either as he did in all the other reviews. One mistake or misunderstanding and we were loathed. So I do NOT recommend this host to anyone who may be like me and may make mistakes in your travels, but to those who don't or can afford to taxi everywhere and have unlimited data m, then I'm sure from the many good reviews that you will have the pleasant experience we unfortunately never got to have.