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Ambergris was overall a great vacation spot, very laid back, the locals
were very friendly. Street vendors were reasonable in their approach for
the most part, the only problem we had was with an aggressive (and I
believe drunk) young local hawking timeshares in the street. The food was
good, I suppose very good relative to the price. Must eats include Elvies
Kitchen, Blue Water Grill, Caliente. The Palmilla at the Victoria House
resort was the most expensive meal of the week, and the most disappointing
at any price.
We stayed at Aquamarina Suites, which was fairly inexpensive, and
adequate. We stayed in the main part of the building with an ocean view,
people that we spoke to that stayed in the north end of the building
seemed less happy with accommodations. The desk and cleaning and
maintenance staff were great, bartenders and waitstaff at the mediocre
on-site restaurant less so.
We dove with AquaDives, which is 3 minutes walk from the Suites. They
were by and large ok, Id give them a 3.5 out of 5. The boats were ok,
some divemasters were very good (Carlos and Michael in particular) some
were indifferent to somewhat rude. The one major complaint was the trip
to the Blue Hole/ Lighthouse Reef. The trip can be, and was, very
rough, but I can deal with that (many couldnt, nothing else in nature
replicates that color of green on a seasick face). The two reef dives
were excellent, the Blue Hole is a must dive that I wish Id skipped for
the alternate three- reef trip. I dont see the point of diving to 135
just to dive to 135. The bulk of pictures taken were of computers
showing the depth. The real source of my complaint had to do with the
speed at which our skipper navigated certain sections of very narrow
channels through very shallow reefs. I thought he was going way too fast,
but I figured hes probably done this a million times. I didnt want to
be the wimp that said something. Then I saw the petrified look on one of
the divemasters face.
Were going back in Feb 07, this time were trying The Palms, which seems
to get high marks on Tripadvisor.com, and diving with Ramons next door.
were very friendly. Street vendors were reasonable in their approach for
the most part, the only problem we had was with an aggressive (and I
believe drunk) young local hawking timeshares in the street. The food was
good, I suppose very good relative to the price. Must eats include Elvies
Kitchen, Blue Water Grill, Caliente. The Palmilla at the Victoria House
resort was the most expensive meal of the week, and the most disappointing
at any price.
We stayed at Aquamarina Suites, which was fairly inexpensive, and
adequate. We stayed in the main part of the building with an ocean view,
people that we spoke to that stayed in the north end of the building
seemed less happy with accommodations. The desk and cleaning and
maintenance staff were great, bartenders and waitstaff at the mediocre
on-site restaurant less so.
We dove with AquaDives, which is 3 minutes walk from the Suites. They
were by and large ok, Id give them a 3.5 out of 5. The boats were ok,
some divemasters were very good (Carlos and Michael in particular) some
were indifferent to somewhat rude. The one major complaint was the trip
to the Blue Hole/ Lighthouse Reef. The trip can be, and was, very
rough, but I can deal with that (many couldnt, nothing else in nature
replicates that color of green on a seasick face). The two reef dives
were excellent, the Blue Hole is a must dive that I wish Id skipped for
the alternate three- reef trip. I dont see the point of diving to 135
just to dive to 135. The bulk of pictures taken were of computers
showing the depth. The real source of my complaint had to do with the
speed at which our skipper navigated certain sections of very narrow
channels through very shallow reefs. I thought he was going way too fast,
but I figured hes probably done this a million times. I didnt want to
be the wimp that said something. Then I saw the petrified look on one of
the divemasters face.
Were going back in Feb 07, this time were trying The Palms, which seems
to get high marks on Tripadvisor.com, and diving with Ramons next door.
