Ricardo and Anna are very welcoming hosts. There are extremely responsive, helpful, and caring. The day after Christmas, they dropped off a care package with apples, bread, cheese, coffee, and a King Cake.
The location of their home in Belem is fantastic, and I had easy access to virtually every museum, restaurant, and highway. (I rented a car, which I highly recommend.) The home is beautiful, quaint, and authentic. And the portable Wifi device they lend you was a life-saver.
This is the feedback that I shared with Ricardo and Anna. I recognize that they are unable to control some of these items, however, I think it's important for them to know how this can impact one's stay.
The trash company comes about 4 times per week around 1:00 a.m. which is extremely disruptive to sleep.
There are 2 adjacent homes, both with dogs that bark at all hours of the day.
The walls of the home are paper thin. You can hear the conversations of your neighbors.
The home runs very cold and does not have a central heating system and you need to run space heaters all day.
In the bathroom, the toilet paper was a half-used roll and not a fresh one, and there wasn't additional toilet paper–I needed to go out and buy my own.
The hand soap on the sink, and the body wash in the shower were roughly 3/4 empty and not full or new.