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868 A Magoon Street, Dangriga, Belize
Pal's Guest House
Ranked #4 of 4 Dangriga B&B and Inns
3.0 of 5 stars 14 Reviews
19 March 2006 -
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“Pals=O.K, Dangriga=Hole in the ground”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 March 2006
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As far as the accommodations go, Pals is probably one of your best options in Dangriga, but that's not saying much. It is relatively clean and is located at the only decent (but small) beach. The rooms are clean but basic, overall fair for the price.
Now for the town of Dangriga; first off never visit Dangriga on a holiday, especially if that holiday is on a Sunday, because they will then celebrate the next day as a holiday too. Now, I've got no problem with them celebrating holidays, but it would've been nice to know this ahead of time. Our guidebooks made no mention of this, nor did either the kayak rental company or the folks at Pals. We arrived to find that there was not a single store open, no grocery store, no convenience, no restaurants, so we ended up eating a freeze-dried meal we had brought as back-up for a camping trip we had planned. The reason we had gone to Dangriga was to visit the Cockscomb Wildlife reserve and kayak at Tobacco Caye. When we got to Belizewe found out that the buses where on strike and we couldn't find a way to get to Cockscomb or anywhere else for that matter. One thing that really got me was the owner of Pals guesthouse knew I was ticked off with the lack of options for us, but kept telling me to chill and relax. Easy for him to say. WHEN I'VE SPENT ALL THIS MONEY AND HAVE 7 DAYS TO SEE BELIZE, LOSING TWO DAYS IN DANGRIGA WILL HAVE YOU TICKED OFF! He wasn't very helpful at all, and when I had asked all these questions before arriving, I was told "no problem, we can arrange these things when you get here"
Don't expect to do any swimming in Dangriga either, the water is very murky, there's only a very small beach to sunbathe at. The whole town is very dirty as well, garbage everywhere. The locals just don't seem to care and just keep littering.
We ended up going to Tobacco Caye for a few days after, and that ended up being equally as frustrating. You can read my review of Gaviotas to hear about it. After you've read my two reviews, you'll probably think I'm just too picky and wouldn't be happy with anything, but that's not the case, it's just that Dangriga and Tobacco Caye suck!
We also stayed at Caye Caulker Condos and that was excellent, mind you more expensive, but well worth the extra coin.

Pal's Guest House
868 A Magoon Street
Dangriga Town,
Stann Creek, Belize

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