We scoured the island for a nice place to stay without paying a fortune and this place seemed perfect on paper. Affordable, halfway down the island so good for exploring either side, close to the town for bits and pieces, dinner etc.
We arrived a little later than expected and was almost told off by the lady who runs the place for being late! There is no check in-check out time band so not sure why we got such a scolding! She then talked at us for about 90 minutes and we simply could not get away!
Finally got into our room and on sight it was nice. Good sized bedroom with patio, nice bathroom, small kitchen and cupboard space. All we needed! We went out for dinner to a local place, came back and the room was ROASTING. We couldn't figure out why until the lights were out and we discovered the pilot light on the gas oven was pumping out heat into the already warm room due to the weather. This would have been ok but the air con didn't work and what tepid air did come out of the air con pointed upward and we couldn't manouvre the fan slit downward towards the bed as they were also broken. It was unbearably hot in there which is probably why there were so many FLEAS!!! They aren't easy to spot for anyone who has had pets will know but I have never seen such an infestation!!! I looked closely at the small sofa, crawling with fleas which had then got into our bags and clothes. The bed looked safe from fleas initially but after one hour in the bed I had 12 bites, another hour and that number doubled. We put a number of sheets on top of the bed and slept on top of them but couldn't sleep due to the heat and the then itchy bites. When we gave up about 5am I had 38 bites the size of 50p coins, was absolutely exhausted and close to tears!
We both packed up (after spending an hour shaking off clothes!) and left quickly which was disappointing because they take the money upfront and so we lost out on about $120 as there are no refunds.
Very very disappointing indeed as we'd planned our Eleuthera break for months beforehand and just that one night ruined it for us as we were exhausted for the full 3 days and bitten to shreds by these fleas - and flea bites, in my experience, are much itchier and bigger than mozzie bites. In fact, 3 months on and I still have marks where some of the bites were!
You have been warned!!!!!
