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We were fortunate that a friend had stayed at Lily Pond House B&B adjacent to Half Moon Bay, in West End. This place is fabulous!
What's so great (apart from its close proximity to diving!)? Well, first of all the place has real style. It has just four rooms for guests, and each one makes you feel like a king (or queen, or both). We happen to be on the third floor. Windows on 3 sides look out into various kinds of trees. The art/sculptures in the rooms are so nice that we went out looking to buy the same ourselves to take home -- and succeeded. When you arrive (and almost every day), a towel is folded into a heart shape on your bed, with a hibiscus flower in the center.
Second, the owners, Sean and Zak, are the perfect hosts. They (and their cook) prepare breakfast each morning (fresh fruit, pastries from the Boulangerie, eggs if you like, rich coffee, fresh fruit juice, other things that you might prefer. They are here for advice, but leave you your privacy when you prefer. (Each room enters from the outside and has its own private balcony as well.) We while away "the hot" on the porch.
Free wireless Internet if you bring your laptop! For us, that's a significant plus, as we want to keep in touch with family and friends, check the news, etc. If you don't bring your own, but need to get a message back home, I am sure that Zak and Sean would be happy to let you send one through them. Nothing seems too big a request for them.
Laundry is done for free as part of your staying here.
Each room is equipped with a TV and VCR or DVD, along with a huge collection of tapes and DVDs. We didn't think we would watch movies at night, but it's fun after a sunset dinner on the water at Lighthouse, Eagle Ray, or the Argentinian.
Friedge in the room; we buy juice and beer at Coconut Tree Grocery and keep something cool for a sundowner.
About that sunset -- Up above our room is a deck -- sort of a "widow's walk" as old New England captain's houses had, where you can hang out -- and above that is a little deck that is definitely above the trees.
I did not think that any of this would matter when I was looking to book a place. I just wanted "on the beach or close." It is a 30-second walk to the water and some lazy swimming or snorkeling in Half Moon Bay. It is 3 minutes to the Argentine Grill (or Argentinian), less than 5 all the way through Half Moon Bay to the Lighthouse Restaurant, 4-6 minutes to all the dive shops.
We wake up, take a morning swim, have breakfast, and head off to Reef Gliders for our diving, 5 minutes walk. (We settled on Reef Gliders after not so great reactions to the first two operations we tried. Reef Gliders is superb.)
But we are also AWAY from all that. Those minutes are long enough to reduce ambient town noise to nothing. Instead, we get roosters if we would leave our door open, but we don't. Oh, good air conditioning for night-time sleeping. (Or just reduce it to the fan at night.)
The whole place just feels upscale, but the prices are under $100 (exact amount depends on which room).
We have looked in on various places, and wouldn't trade this for any -- in part because we have discovered that we like feeling pampered, and we are pampered without breaking our bank.
Fabulous.
What's so great (apart from its close proximity to diving!)? Well, first of all the place has real style. It has just four rooms for guests, and each one makes you feel like a king (or queen, or both). We happen to be on the third floor. Windows on 3 sides look out into various kinds of trees. The art/sculptures in the rooms are so nice that we went out looking to buy the same ourselves to take home -- and succeeded. When you arrive (and almost every day), a towel is folded into a heart shape on your bed, with a hibiscus flower in the center.
Second, the owners, Sean and Zak, are the perfect hosts. They (and their cook) prepare breakfast each morning (fresh fruit, pastries from the Boulangerie, eggs if you like, rich coffee, fresh fruit juice, other things that you might prefer. They are here for advice, but leave you your privacy when you prefer. (Each room enters from the outside and has its own private balcony as well.) We while away "the hot" on the porch.
Free wireless Internet if you bring your laptop! For us, that's a significant plus, as we want to keep in touch with family and friends, check the news, etc. If you don't bring your own, but need to get a message back home, I am sure that Zak and Sean would be happy to let you send one through them. Nothing seems too big a request for them.
Laundry is done for free as part of your staying here.
Each room is equipped with a TV and VCR or DVD, along with a huge collection of tapes and DVDs. We didn't think we would watch movies at night, but it's fun after a sunset dinner on the water at Lighthouse, Eagle Ray, or the Argentinian.
Friedge in the room; we buy juice and beer at Coconut Tree Grocery and keep something cool for a sundowner.
About that sunset -- Up above our room is a deck -- sort of a "widow's walk" as old New England captain's houses had, where you can hang out -- and above that is a little deck that is definitely above the trees.
I did not think that any of this would matter when I was looking to book a place. I just wanted "on the beach or close." It is a 30-second walk to the water and some lazy swimming or snorkeling in Half Moon Bay. It is 3 minutes to the Argentine Grill (or Argentinian), less than 5 all the way through Half Moon Bay to the Lighthouse Restaurant, 4-6 minutes to all the dive shops.
We wake up, take a morning swim, have breakfast, and head off to Reef Gliders for our diving, 5 minutes walk. (We settled on Reef Gliders after not so great reactions to the first two operations we tried. Reef Gliders is superb.)
But we are also AWAY from all that. Those minutes are long enough to reduce ambient town noise to nothing. Instead, we get roosters if we would leave our door open, but we don't. Oh, good air conditioning for night-time sleeping. (Or just reduce it to the fan at night.)
The whole place just feels upscale, but the prices are under $100 (exact amount depends on which room).
We have looked in on various places, and wouldn't trade this for any -- in part because we have discovered that we like feeling pampered, and we are pampered without breaking our bank.
Fabulous.
