Jeff and I were at the Green Parrot from Jan 20-27, 2012, I meant to write a review earlier but ended up having a back injury when I got home and haven't been able to get this written until now.
This was truly our best vacation ever. We chose the Green Parrot based on other reviews on Trip Advisor. The reviews we read were very accurate, and we're so glad we stayed at the Green Parrot.
First of all - Leo and Teresa, if you're reading this - Thank you so much. Thanks to all of the staff there - Nicole, Leo's wife and all of the kitchen staff. I can't remember some of your names but have some photos of the beautiful faces of you delightful people. I wasn't able to get a couple people's photos and regret that - you weren't there on our last few days.

You all made our vacation what it was. We thoroughly enjoyed our accommodations and they were as described in other reviews - rustic. We have been in the fancy resorts in the past, but we'd go back to the Green Parrot in a heartbeat. We were in the yellow cabana and it was always cleaned right after we left in the morning for wherever we were going - to breakfast, a tour, wherever. Everything was always cleaned up and arranged so neatly, it was always a pleasure to come home to our cabana.
It was so nice to have a kitchenette. Nothing fancy but we ended up not really wanting to cook anyway. We shopped at the store down the road - just about a 5 minute walk -and kept some yogurt, salsa, pop, etc in the refrigerator and Jeff boiled water every morning for instant coffee as he got up so early. I slept in a little and the coffee in the restaurant was always made by 6am so Jeff always brought me a fresh cup of coffee around 7 am every day.

No matter when we ate there, Leo and Teresa always came to visit and made us feel so special. We really feel like we made friends there and consider ourselves so lucky.

Our bed was very comfortable and we had a fabulous view across the room outisde of a window that looked over a palm tree to the ocean. What a view.
There was no air conditioning or TV, but we didn't need it. The fan over the bed was more than adequate and the cool ocean breeze provided all we needed. Jeff is always someone who needs AC and I always freeze in our hotel room because of it - but he was just fine with the fan. I think having no TV was perfect - we just enjoyed each other's company, played games and just relaxed. That's what a vacation should be.
The hammock out front was sooooo comfortable.
We were very lucky for the time we went. There are 8 cabanas here and i bet there were only about 4 occupied at a time. We generally had the beach to ourselves. The sea grass is a never ending issue but cannot be avoided and is a losing battle to remove. They always did the best they could raking. We didn't care, we walked through it and went into the ocean off our beach regardless. The water was refreshing.
By the end our of trip we had eaten plenty of fish, shrimp, lobster and rice and beans. Our 2nd to the last night there we requested a pizza and the cook made it for us - it was awesome. It tasted like heaven.
On our last night there we requested cheeseburgers and that's what they made for us.
These were not necessarily on the menu, but they were right there to accommodate what we wanted. We felt very special.
We went on three tours - Monkey River with the guide Alrin, fishing with the tour guide Alrin - both tours were just Alrin, Jeff and I. Then we went on a snorkeling tour with Alrin and a couple from Canada. All of our tours took place with Alrin and his 23 foot fiberglass boat. It was GREAT. We consider ourselves very lucky to have had Alrin. He was kind of a soft spoken,very handsome guy - what a smile. But regardless of THAT good stuff, he knew that ocean and Monkey River like the back of his hand. He said he feels most at home in the water and how lucky for us. We went out 27 miles to fish - we caught a lot - grouper, snapper, jack fish, needle fish, baracuda - (the kitchen staff cooked our fish for us for dinner), On our way back from fishing Alrin knew where the sea turles were - he found them out in the middle of the ocean and we jumped out of our boat and were right there with them. Alrin dove down and grabbed a sea turle behind it's neck and the bottom of it's shell and rode it to the sea surface - it was amazing - those loggerhead turtles are huge and we were right there with them. We made it a snorkeling trip and fishing trip - we went to Silk Caye for snorkeling and lunch - it was awesome. On Monkey river we saw tons of birds, crocodile, pelicans, Howler monkeys, turtles, manatee, etc. Alrin grew up there and knew it well. It was awesome. We went on a snorkeling trip with another couple from Canada and had a great time - It was very wavy but Alrin is a pro with that boat of his. ON our way back Alrin knew right where the dolphins were in the middle of the ocean. He trowled along and there were at least 10 dolphins right with us going under the bow and alongside the boat. Alrin told us to lay on the bow of the boat - we could take close up photos and Jeff actually reached out and touched a dolphin they were so close to us. This was also Amazing. Alrin was the type of tour guide that wasn't there to just take us on a tour but to take us on an experience.
We can't say enough. All of the tours were arranged through the Green Parrot - they took care of everything and they were all right on time and perfect.
One review spoke of the showers - they were right - the hot water came and went. But, the reality is, it was such beautiful hot weather, a cool shower was a welcome pleasure.
Leo and the staff were right there for our every need. We didn't need much - an occasional access to the internet - of coarse a Green Parrot T-shirt, info on how to get to town, tour bookings, and that's about it.
They were adding on to the restaurant's Thatched roof when we were there. That should be done by now I'm guessing. They had a local band in on the first night we were there - a ton of locals came for the music and dinner.
We had one self-inflicted incident while here. There's an island about 2 miles out. I wanted Jeff to have one last snorkeling experience and wanted to canoe out there. It sounds like people do it all the time. I HAD to go shopping that morning when the ocean was very calm. But the time I got back in the afternoon, the wind shifted and it was very wavy, but I insisted on going regardless. Jeff reminded me that we were not in a lake in Minnesota, but we went anyway. We got about 1.5 miles out and decided to turn back. We ended up dumping the canoe because the waves filled it with water. The couple from Canada who we went snorkeling with us the day prior were watching us with their binoculars, so they warned Leo that we dumped. Fortunately Jeff has his snorkeling gear and didn't panic - he flipped the canoe over and emptied it, but when he flipped it back it just scooped water again. You gotta be really strong to flip that canoe in the middle of the ocean, so Yeah Jeff. So we ended up swimming in pulling the canoe with us. We had life vests on. I didn't panic because Jeff didn't panic. They were keeping an eye on us from shore and finally two guys in a kayak came to rescue us when we were about a football field length from shore.
It was scary for awhile, but we could see the people on shore keeping an eye on us.
THAT is an experience we won't forget.

I want to say again Thank you to Leo and Teresa and all of the staff. Jeff connected with you two so much that he felt so much at home. I think we women do that easier, but because he did, it says a lot for all of you people there. Jeff joked with you guys every day and loved every minute of it. We can't thank you enough. I know you remember us and I hope you're reading this. We want you to know that we really feel like we made some friends in Belize.
We hope we'll be luck enough to return. Everyone should have such a great vacation as we did the Green Parrot and the great people of Belize made that all possible.
We miss you and hope to meet again. Say Hi to Alrin too..