Oasis the Traveler

Firstly the staff were all very friendly . Driver was waiting to pick us up though our bus was 1/2 hour late. The restaurant area was a great place to chill out with music playing and the food was a reasonable price considering the remoteness and we had a room near river so the music didn’t worry us. The negatives - Rooms were damp and musty smelling with stained sheets (didn’t want to even think if they had not been washed!) and shower was luke warm with a rather large spider in it. (We had a double room with private bathroom) Sheets did not fit bed and found ourselves sleeping on the dirty mattress during the night

Decent food at a good price, nice clean rooms, pools and a river to a take a dip when hot. One night there was very loud music from somewhere in town or another hotel, but not really this places fault.

I really wanted to like the place. The first night we were warmly greeted after the long awful sweaty shuttle it requires to get to Lanquin. Annie the hostess/reception/bartender/server was a delight! Unfortunately it’s the last time we saw her. Everyone’s room had a fan except ours. We begged and pleaded for one. It is off season and surely the place wasnt 100% booked and one fan could be spared. But no. It was hard to sleep with the heavy humidity and 85 degree night. Even after it rained. Thank god the showers are frigid and ice cold I guess. Next morning we had breakfast. The omelette literally had yellow plastic style nacho cheese in it. Black beans too soupy and watery to eat. We went on our tour to Semuc and our guide Felix was a joy! We had a ton of fun in the caves and jumping off cliffs and rope swings and sliding down the gorgeous pools. We had lunch at their sister hostel. Staff there was super friendly and fun. Lunch was okay. Schnitzel was satisfying and massive. But the overcooked soggy spaghetti o’s served with it, not so much. We decided to skip dinner when we got back and just head to another place in town but we were refused any help with transport or calling a tuk tuk. Thankfully the restaurant itself sent us one after we called. When I got back i begged and pleaded again for a fan. A flat no. No apologies. Just a gruf emotionless No. rolling in sweat with the bugs again. We wanted a pool day the next day but the river pool is empty and the other one was locked and seemed closed. And was too cloudy and filthy to look enjoyable anyways so we walked to the Zephyr next door and spent the entire day there instead. We went back to our new favorite restaurant again that night. I begged once again for a fan and begrudgingly finally was told I’d get one. I had to leave my key tho. And our ride had arrived so I accepted. When we got back it was just sitting on the bar for anyone to grab. Just a rough and uncomfortable stay. Hopefully they get their act together because it could be much better. The property is lovely. And some of the staff is awesome.