Immerse yourself in Lake Atitlan life and enjoy community events with a small family in San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala

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  Description

  We are a couple living in Lake Atitlan looking for help with our projects in the town of San Pedro La Laguna. An all-rounder type of position where one day you could be helping renting electric scooters out, being an extra hand in the veterinarian clinic, attending to property management at our rental plus other odd tasks for our other projects.
  
  I am originally from Australia but my partner, Pablo is a successful Guatemalan business man living at the lake for 9 years. We love this town and to share it with those enthusiastic to explore this culture of living in an indigenous Mayan tourist village.
  
  You will receive private accommodation and transport plus a smoothie bowl on shifts. Because of the training we will prefer a minimum stay of 8 weeks. We can have couples or friends travelling.
  
  We employ indigenous Mayan from the surrounding villages in each project/business who are the main staff. We only have work exchange volunteers to do tasks the local people can not do, and they can help you with cultural/language exchange if this is something you are interested in.
  
  *** We are currently looking for people to help with social media content creation, yoga teacher and those who know how to ride a moto/moped***

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Hospitality/Tourism

  Light maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Interests

  

  Self development

  

  Pets

  

  Events & social

  

  Music

  

  Animals

  

  Fitness

  

  Camping

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Water sports

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Nature

  

  Hiking

  

  Dancing

  

  Beach
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You can practice your English and Spanish, we are well connected to a lot of the community and events including invites to any live shows with Pablo’s band, you’ll be meeting other traveller’s all the time and be in the backpacker community easily. Our town has many Spanish learning schools around if this also takes your interest while you are here.We have a bicycle you can use and on occasion may invite you to join our family for a boat day/wakeboarding on our boat.
  
  You can be learning a wide range of skills, if there is something of particular interest to learn let us know or if you have something you like doing more of we are happy to also accommodate to your strengths!
  
  There are opportunities to earn money if this is something that interests you; however this is not the main volunteer position, you will have to do extra hours of different work under these opportunities.

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  Help

  Someone with a positive attitude, good customer service and speaks English well (also Spanish is a bonus!), reliable, professional and flexible/adaptable for the many projects we may need help with. You can learn many new skills and find something you may not have realised you enjoyed before from the variety of tasks you may help us with.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  We have a PRIVATE studio type space that can house up 3x people, a couple/friends travelling together. Lakefront access on a quiet road with all basic necessities supplied for a comfortable stay.

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  What else ...

  We supply a bicycle and occasionally an electric scooter for the business if required on shifts there. You can catch tuk tuks anywhere in town even to other towns and have boats across the lake to other villages. Transport is very accessible here otherwise you can also walk most places. There are great restaurants and cafes where we live and nightlife, something for everyone.
  
  Hours may vary and change based on the needs of work at a given time so flexibility is important.
  
  Please be aware living in Guatemala may mean the electricity goes out from time to time, wifi connectivity issues, low water supplies and loud noises. If you work online we ask these be done outside of the hours we require from you but most places in town have generators as back ups.
  
  We ask for an open mind and respect to our projects, property and assets we provide you during your stay.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

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