quite isolated
Review Submitted: March 16, 2009
Date of Stay: February 2009
This location is great for those who like to be "away from it all." Only neighbors for miles are one house about 1/2 mile south, and a small (pretty empty) hotel about 2 1/2 miles north. The beach, being uninhabited, had about an 8-10 foot-wide swath of debris as far as the eye can see. There was trash floating in the water, too, when we tried to swim, but it was a pretty wavy day. The owners worked very hard to keep the trash off of the beach directly in front of their house, and did a good job at that.
Because the internet was not working while we were there, the only way to communicate with family was to drive the 25-30 minutes into Mahahual, and use an internet cafe, or to go to the hotel just north of the house and buy something to eat to use their wi-fi. I would imagine that the internet has since been fixed, because the owners are staying in the top floor.
The owners are genial people. The unit is spacious, but not luxurious (very little decoration, only one dim lamp in the bedroom and living room). The kitchen has adequate cooking facilities. The bathroom is nice- fully tiled. They do encourage conservation in water-usage and in electricity. Bring a headlamp to be able to read in bed if you are on the side without a lamp. You will want to watch for scorpions, as we found a very "grande" one (maybe 4-5 inches) in the bedroom one morning. The owners said the size was extremely unusual. We chased it out with a flyswatter--- hopefully we scared it away for good!
Relaxing on the patio, listening to the waves and looking at the beautiful ocean, was the best part of our stay here.
Owner's Response: There was a severe storm prior to these guests' visit. Not only was it impossible to keep debris off the beach, a 30 foot ship anchored 1 kilometer north broke anchor and sank 2 days before. The seas continued to bring up debris for the next several days.
In Mexico, nothing happens quickly, and it took several weeks to get internet service back. These guests were able to access internet at the nearest hotel, less than 5 minutes away by car. Had they asked to use our cell phone, we would gladly have let them, as we have let others before and after them.
Personally, we use the bedroom to sleep in,and do our reading in the living room. Had these guests asked, we could have given them one of our lamps from upstairs.
Yes, we're in the tropics and there are scorpions. They can sneek in if the door is left open during housekeeping and this was the 3rd sighting in 3 years.
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