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I know the Rio Dulce area since 2016 and am permanently in Guatemala since 5 years. Now it feels for me like home, lots of the locals know me and I love to be surrounded only by water and mangroves. No resorts or supermarkets, no night or city life, only some thatched roofs in the greens and peace all around. Next shopping possibility at Livingston or Rio Dulce.
After leaving Europe I spent 5 years together with my girl friend alone on a deserted island in Belize, run a marina and houses to host guests successfully and now I am working on different boat and touristic related projects and am living on my sailboat ENDLESS SUMMER on anchor in a remote bay. I am thinking of offering my second sailboat SOULSISTER as accommodation to travelers on a budget, who want to enjoy a few days out here relaxing a little from travelling. But there is still a way to go. If you are enthused of this idea, come and help me! Also I am looking for some help on a future touristic YogaDetoxNatureExploring Sailboat Tour project. If you only would like to stay for some days, there is always some improvement or maintenance on my main boat to do. And besides of working, I always appreciate a good inspiring conversation:-) Anyway, I will be happy to have some company.
Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Interests
Pets
Sustainability
Self development
Plant care
Animals
Nature
Sailing / Boating
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Living on a boat with limited space and recourses is a learning process by itself and it needs no telling and teaching about off grid life, sailing and how to live a creative and fulfilled life, we just can do it together.
At the moment I am on anchor and not sailing around as my motor is for refurbishing off the boat! The anchor place offers free :-) swimming in warm water whenever you want at a very save and remote location with few friendly locals around.
I like the challenge to invent, prototype and test any kind of systems. Therefore I enjoyed living alone for 5 years on a deserted island. Every day was a new challenge to merge the existing materials building something useful or repair the previous day's work:-) I'll be happy to share and discuss those ideas. Also the impact on society or the modern thinking of our throwaway society. May be you also can teach me something...
Help
ENDLESS SUMMER is a mature lady, built in the 70's. I bought her to get her step by step nice and in good shape again. There are tons of ideas and projects which can be done if there is time. And there is always something for cleaning, sanding and painting or general maintenance and also always something to repair...
For longer term, I am looking for somebody who likes to help and support me with getting SOULSISTER in a reasonable shape to accommodate people. Structurally she is in good condition, it mostly needs light works like tidying, cleaning, sanding and painting. But it needs some hours of intense (wo)man power to get there.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
30 years ago I spoke French fluently. I still understand everything but some vocabulary lost my mind or mix up with Spanish. Would like to have some practice again. And of course always happy to improve my Spanish:-)
Accommodation
My anchor place is 1h boat ride from the next big towns Livingston or at the other direction Rio Dulce. SOULSISTER as accommodation needs still a little TLC, so you are welcome to have a cabin on ENDLESS SUMMER. On a boat, everything is special and unique and needs some respectful approach and special care. Electrical and water system work differently than domestic ones but are with a little training easy to handle.
What else ...
I am involved in multiple projects and working in Rio Dulce as in Livingston. You can always join me as I am my own boss and extremally flexible.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can possibly accept pets
We do have a cat called MiMi:-)
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
Mimi
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I stayed on his ship for only 4 days. It was a short time, but it was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had!
Living on a ship has always been a dream of mine, so everything was new to me.
Waking up in the morning to see the beautiful sunrise, relaxing on the boat, cleaning the boat with him, drinking… read more
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I stayed on his ship for only 4 days. It was a short time, but it was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had!
Living on a ship has always been a dream of mine, so everything was new to me.
Waking up in the morning to see the beautiful sunrise, relaxing on the boat, cleaning the boat with him, drinking… read more
