Jan's Beach Cabana/Hopkins- Private Oceanfront with Spacious Interior

Thanks you so much for staying at our cabana and for your 4 star review. The photos on our listing have now been updated as of January 1, 2019. We are really sorry our new seawall was not ideal for your young daughter but it was necessary in order to hold in the beach and to preserve our coconut palms and seaside vegetation. For our future guests I think it will be a welcome addition. We now have a level 50 foot beach for sunning and enjoying the sea during the day and stargazing at night. The 4 steps still lead down to a sloping sandy beach at low tide. The water is very shallow in front of the cabana allowing you to wade out at least the distance of a football field before it is even chest deep.

I feel the need to defend our cabana and Belize since you said you would not return. Belize is a beautiful country with wonderful people and lots to do. Just off shore lies the 2nd largest barrier reef in the world. As well as beaching and enjoying local culture, people come to scuba dive, snorkel, fish, visit the many National Parks throughout the country to explore Mayan ruins, hike in the rainforest, hike to waterfalls, zip line, kayak, go caving, birding, and wildlife watching. We have a very comfortable, private oceanfront cabana offered at a very reasonable price in which many guests have stayed and have had a wonderful time enjoying the activities mentioned above.This was your first time to Belize and you stayed 5 nights. In your inquiry you mentioned you were coming to Belize in search of property. You didn’t ask what there was to do in Hopkins but only if we could recommend a realtor. I always find it interesting when people want to purchase property in a country they have never visited. I looked at the other places you have reviewed on VRBO and it seems you loved your condos on the beach in Maui, Hawaii. Belize is in Central America and is a lot different from the US. I highly recommend you put aside the beachfront bargain hunting and return to enjoy some of the unique things the country has to offer. If you had traveled around Belize more extensively you would have found that not having hot water in the kitchen and bathroom sink was the norm and not the exception. Belize has a warm climate and the water in the faucets is always warm. However, I agree it is not hot. We have rented our cabana on VRBO for 5 years. Only you and one other guest mentioned they would have preferred to have had hot water in the kitchen and bathroom sinks. We aim to please our guests so we will have this done for future guests. Unfortunately this year the sargassum seaweed has not only been a nuisance in Belize but a nuisance in all of the Caribbean Islands, Florida, the beautiful beaches of the Yucatan such as Cancun and the Bay Islands of Honduras. We cannot control Mother Nature nor the weather. The ocean currents and the trade winds have been pushing the Sargassum Sea westward at times this year. Funny thing about this seaweed is that it can be here today and gone tomorrow and once again the beautiful Caribbean water returns to Hopkins.The Sargassum Seaweed however, is not harmful like the Red Tide which is currently plaguing the west coast beaches of Florida.

Thank you so much for choosing our property and for the nice review. Because of the climate the water in the bathroom and kitchen sinks is always warm in Belize. Having hot water for showers, as we have in the cabana, is the the norm in Belize but having the bathroom and kitchen sinks plumbed for hot water is the exception. However, we aim to please our guests so we now have hot water in both the kitchen and bathroom sinks.