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I wouldn't get near this hostel. There's sargassum 3 feet deep up to 7 feet out in the ocean in some spots. It smells so you can't even enjoy sitting out by the beach. It's also getting hotter every year and there's no air conditioner. So intense heat with no air conditioning or beach, is no vacation. The sargassum amounts and times with sargassum are also growing rapidly.
They also have a cat that was rubbing against me and trying to jump on me and loudly begging for food. I'm allergic to cats and kept sliding the cat away with my foot. The woman who works there asked me not to do that. I asked her to please put the cat in the office so I could enjoy my dinner. She said the cat was going to stay there and that's how it is. I said then I'd keep sliding the cat away.
She literally runs across the courtyard and puts her finger in my face yelling. I'm backing up with my hands in the universal "I'm unarmed" position and she keeps stepping into me with her finger in my face. At one point she says she's going to call the police. I say, "Please, I'm asking you to call the police. You're stepping into me." I did go to the police afterward as she seemed very unstable and I wanted them to know what was happening (they weren't open it was at night). I've never had to do that before. I packed my things and got out of there as fast as possible.
The owner lied in the response and said guests asked me not to kick the cat, not true. People just need to decide for themselves if they want a loud, begging cat jumping on them, and unstable staff.
I've traveled extensively for years and have never seen anything like what the staff person did, from other people in communities, let alone staff. She had mentioned she was making minimum wage in Belize, $2.50 USD an hour, and it was hard to pay rent as rents were increasing.
The people I met at the hostel were leaving, as again high heat, smell, and not being able to swim are a bad combination. The owners are trying to sell the place, probably as the sargassum and heat are increasing.
Also, the owner checked me in and showed me to my room when I got there. Days later the staff person who charged me was cleaning the room right next to mine after someone checked out, and the screen was ripped. I told her it was ripped when I got there so they'd know it wasn't the last guest. She asked me literally over half a dozen times why I didn't tell them the screen was ripped (and there was a huge tear outwards it was obvious).
I told her the owner checked me in, and someone checked the other guest in and out, they could see it as easily as I could, and I have no idea how they do upkeep (as many other people mention toliets and other things were often broke). I'm walking away from her as she makes no sense to me, and she's following me continuing to ask why I didn't tell them the screen in the other room was ripped.
I mentioned to the owner it was unpleasant and odd to have a staff person following me asking me why I didn't report the screen. The owner reponded, "Yeah, why didn't you tell us about the screen?" And again, it was her, the owner, who showed me to my room, which was right next to the screen. And then she lies in the reply and says she never heard about the screen. It's just that kind of a place.
*Please read all the comments online about how many people find them rude or irritable, there's a tremendous amount of 1, 2, and 3 star reviews. It's easy to game the system and get positive reviews. Again, I found the place toxic and left. There's a sign in the office, "National Sacasm Club, like we need your support." And this is an email I use to buy things. My name is Jeff. It was clearly the Funky Dodo (the locals call it the Funky Doodoo). In Hopkins Belize.
