"The house was lovely - well built, clean and with a well equipped kitchen - which is important since you have to eat in! Jose is a wonderful cook though! The host family is very attentive and quick to respond. The reef off the deck has colorful corals, sponges, urchins and starfish among eel grass. The water is shallow off the deck (about 2 feet) so no jumping in! The water is calm at dawn and dusk, so easy to paddle around the mangroves. The view is lovely across the water. Hiking behind the house we saw howler monkeys and assorted tropical flora. If you travel in the dry season, this would be a fantastic place. We did not (late May) and thunderstorms limited the snorkeling and kayaking, and rain showers made boat trips to other spots undesirable. The house relies on solar power, and when overcast the batteries take a full day to charge, meaning that you need to be very careful and miserly with power in order to have enough to run the fans at night and make coffee in the morning. When raining the caretaker will come to run the gas generator to charge the batteries. There was never enough power available to use the washer and dryer. The no see ums are a very real issue. I wasn’t bothered by them but others were eaten alive, no matter the preventive measures (oil, coverups) taken. Lastly, like in any isolated community, getting materials to replace broken things takes time - we didn’t have a working indoor shower for our stay since they were waiting on a replacement parts."
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