This is our second visit to La Talanguera, we stayed at Jeff and Julie's adjacent studio in December2015 -- a mirror image of this studio. Both studios are extremely comfortable and well equipped. Bed is comfortable and seating is perfect for two people. The kitchen is well equipped, including a coffee maker and a blender. We were able to cook meals whenever we chose to eat "at home"...most times. There is also a grill, which came in handy after our successful fishing trip. Wi-fi and satellite tv worked great.

A cleaning service came in twice during our 9 night stay. While I would normally use linens (sheets and towels) for at least a week at home, the hot and humid climate makes it reasonable to change linens more frequently. Besides I'm on vacation so it's nice to have clean sheets more often.

We have been to Central America several times and so we are prepared for the inevitable power outages. We recommend travelers always bring headlamps and a couple small flashlights. This trip, we had outages our first three days -- no problem! However, I think the power outages messed up the pool pump, as the pool was unavailable most of the second half of our stay. Not a problem, there is a big ocean just a few blocks away.

As we were forewarned, there is active construction on site. Usually started up at 7 am and lasted until 4 or 5 pm with a couple breaks during the day.

People working at the site are great. Yanaisy the manager met us to give us the keys. She is very sweet, Santos, the security man is also very nice and extremely helpful. There are several nice young men who together do a beautiful job of taking care of the grounds there. They had their hands full a couple days as there was a bumper crop of inch worms that seemed to hatch overnight; the men worked two days to clean up the hatch. Finally, Chaggy the property pup is a great puppy. He seemed to adopt us but that could be because we fed him fresh fish several times...sweet puppy.

All in all a great stay, good location, and a good value!