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Description
Remote village, super safe, ideal to improve your Spanish and enjoy a crystal clear lake/the jungle. Friendly locals. House right on the lake, with your own room. Right now we just need someone to oversee that our guest house is ready for guests. No cleaning or real "work" involved. We only provide housing, not food. Over 25s, 3 weeks min. You need to speak decent Spanish or have google translate.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
Help
We provide a private room for you, kitchen and bathroom on a house on lake Petén Itzá.
I am looking for someone to help make sure my bnb is in tip top shape when guests arrive. I have a housekeeper and a gardener so you just need to give instructions.
Then you should be there to welcome the guests (15 minutes, they usually text when they're close by), and reachable if they have questions. It helps if you're handy, but I have a handyman you can call if you can't solve the problem.
You are welcome to offer to cook meals for guests, you would buy the food, and keep the profit. So far we only use bnb so if you want to bring guests by other means, you would get a cut of that too. But you're welcome to just work on your online projects and only deal with my guests.
This is a quiet village, where you would be fully immersed in the community. Locals are friendly, this is not a place with bars, restaurants and other gringos.
If you want to learn Spanish, there is a school 6 miles away in San José, and Flores is 20 miles away and has more school, plus bars and restaurants for your weekends.
You would work when we have guests which is once or twice a week.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
We have a caretaker house on the lake, it's brand new and has a double bed so couples are welcome too. I used to have an education project in the village with free English and computer classes for the kids and they loved it, but I've moved to the US now, so it's been stopped before COVID. But if you want to bring any skills to the village they'd love that. We have had painters, jugglers, chiropractors, cooks... and it's always been amazing.
What else ...
I prefer 1-2 people. 3 weeks to 3 months stay.
25+ year old unless you are wise beyond your years, it is not a party town, just a relaxed place in the middle of nature.
You have a bus to Flores that stops right in front of the house, and on weekends you can also explore Mayan ruins like Tikal, Yaxhá, trek in the jungle, visit the zoo or ecoparks around.
Unlike Antigua, you will probably be the only foreigner in the village, so it is the ideal setting to improve your Spanish and get to experience the real Guatemalan life.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
we have a flat space you can park at. no hookups
Can possibly accept pets
Well behaved pets welcome
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
An hour or two on days we have guests
Feedback (5)
The kids were always fun… read more
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The kids were always fun… read more
It's a quite and very natural place to stay, with all foods supplied (if you are a big eater, it can be a problem to you XDDDD). Work was done… read more
