Anda Di Hows Hostel

I mean, Pandora? What is there not to love? When she shows you around she makes sure you understand every little thing you need to know to be comfortable what's growing in the garden, everything. I was looking for peace and quiet in a remote town and landed in the middle of a major festival. That came with its own wild cards, but she was ready with earplugs and a laugh. This is not just a hostel but a place where locals will drop by and stay. I spent a lot of my time just hanging out talking to the craftsmen bringing their wares from far and wide to the festival and other local friends of Pandora's. Belize in July without A/C? With good solid fans at every bed and wonderful air flow, it was totally fine because you are literally right on the sea.

NOTHING. Even with some festival wild cards the whole town is drunk LOL (this is only one weekend out of the year).

It was very close to the lobster festival

Walk-in distance from the bus stop

I like the fact that it was close to the beach into the restaurant

The bump beds did not have a privacy curtain

- Mere footsteps away from a fairly quiet beach - Reasonable cost per night - Hostel is cleaned daily - Fan for each bed - Decent kitchen amenities

- Had a strange experience with one of the local guests being caught by two other guests 'servicing' himself in the bunkbed below me in the middle of the night. When the owner was approached with this information (and also told about the inappropriate conversations from the same guest), the owner seemed somewhat frazzled with how to deal with the situation and did end up removing him from the dorm. However, the owner made some odd remarks that insinuated there was an element of racism in our complaints which was unsettling and inappropriate. She also accused one of the guests that caught the individual of being a liar until we told her more than one person witnessed the act. Apparently a local guest was also removed a couple of weeks before for inappropriate behaviour. I feel like the owner ultimately dealt with the issue, but she was visibly frustrated and seemed to take it out on the guests that reported the uncomfortable behaviour. One guest did receive an apology from the owner; two of us did not. It really lessened my whole experience in Placencia since I was always uncomfortable at the hostel after that. The owner definitely could have handled the situation MUCH better. - Cockroaches in lockers - Mouse crawling near ceiling in kitchen - Construction began in kitchen as owner has termite issue (was loud and the construction workers harassed a couple of the girls at the hostel) - Hammock was being used as a "dorm" bed which made it uncomfortable to hang out in that area - This hostel is located under the owner's second level home which made the hostel noisy (could hear people talking loudly, dogs running on floor, banging well into the late evening) - No shelves, personal lights, or plug-ins near each dorm bed - Bunkbeds move a lot when people are moving around and is disruptive to sleep - Owner also uses this hostel to help accommodate people who are working in the area so it has more of a temporary living feel than a hostel feel