Experience traditional culture and learn about gardening at a beautiful lakeview home in Lago de Atitlán I, Guatemala

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  Description

  I would love during your stay you could be connected and fall in love with this amazing lake its flora and fauna and ones this happens you can experience pure joy, gratitude for our mother earth and a personal growth.
  
  On the property lives a female dog, a female cat, a local worker and sometimes one or two tenants. In the house above there lives a couple from time to time.
  As the garden of the property is quite big, the main task will be to help us and a local worker with gardening and maintaining the houses & property.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Musique

  

  Langues

  

  Jardinage

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Livres

  

  Nature

  

  Montagne

  

  Danse

  

  Sports nautiques

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Randonnée

  

  Cyclisme

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Culture

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Films et télé
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  In San Pedro and around lake Atitlan we have a lot of traditional culture you can experience, like the maya ceremonies and traditional activities in the village depending the month of the year.
  I have some experience in gardening, construction and maintenance.
  By hosting people, I hope to also learn about different cultures, about their music, traditions, believes, food, their own philosophy of live, own experiences, knowledge and skills etc.

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  Aide

  Gardening: pruning plants/ trees, watering, planting, transplanting, fertilizing, mowing the lawn with a petrol brush cutter, edging, pruning ivy walls, pruning cypress trees with a gasoline hedge trimmer, etc.
  Maintenance fixing: repairing and maintain the building.
  Housekeeping: help to clean the house.
  Pet sitting: just to accept our pets company ones in a while.
  Sometimes the workawayer or I will work together with you.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Espagnol: Courant
  Anglais: Intermédiaire
  Italien: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We could meet twice or more times a week to do a language exchange conversation. Or I just teach you some Spanish. I'm a Spanish Teacher :)
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  Hébergement

  Fully equipped kitchen, hand painted furniture, a traditional Guatemalan mosaic sink, a shower with excellent hot solar water pressure, a good quality bed and pillows with sheets & pillow cases, a large fenced yard.
  A house & porch with a lovely garden view 36 sqm, A covered patio with spectacular lake and mountains view 9.25 sqm. Plus many garden meters.
  
  The property has 3 units connected by a common wall. Each unit hast its own entrance and own garden for maximum privacy. Due to the proximity of tenants, we maintain a responsible level of noise to respect our neighbors' tranquility.
  
  It is perfect for a couple or two friends/ siblings who have some gardening experience: mowing the lawn with a petrol brush cutter, edging, pruning
  ivy, pruning cypress trees with a gasoline hedge trimmer, etc. in exchange for a equipped house with wifi, hot water, a king size good quality bed, a porch, a patio with lake/garden,/ mountains view, plus Spanish Lessons.
  
  Rules: No hold parties, hold large gatherings or use drugs on the property. No personal pets neither adopted street pets. Do compost and classify well the trash. Avoid to put your dirty feet, dirty shoes, dirty hands on the walls, armchairs /chairs cushions and on the bed. Do not put armchairs cushions neither the bed pillows on the floor. Do no stain the bedding, NO SMOKING INDOORS/ OUTDOORS!!!
  
  Each house in the property has its own private porch, own entrance and own garden. The street and compost back garden gates are for all of us who live on the property. You climb around 40 steps up going to your house. Sadly pets are not allowed.
  
  The bathroom and bedroom walls are 2 meters high well ventilated and illuminated.
  The other areas are standard height . A tenant is living in one house and we are living in the other house.
  
  You receive a house with A PREVIOUS DEEP CLEANING. We appreciate YOU DO A DEEP CLEANING BEFORE YOU CLECK OUT, We will write about it in your review!
  
  Before checking out follow the next: 1) Place the sorted garbage in its respective general trash bin. 2)Turn off all lights and electrical appliances. 3) Put inside your blue laundry basket: body, hands and feet towels; kitchen dirty towels; top and bottom bed sheets and bed duvet; your pillow cases. 4) Leave all curtains& windows open.
  
  No meals are included.
  
  If you have a vehicle, you can park on the road or in a private parking lot five minutes away.
  
  The house is big enough to host 2 people. THERE IS JUST ONE SLEEPING ROOM WITH ONE KING SIZE BED, SO IT IS GOOD FOR A COUPLE OR TWO FRIENDS/SIBLINGS.
  
  
  Wi-Fi optic fiber 20 mbps. San Pedro is mainly rural, we sometimes experience power outages. An extra battery and a Guatemalan SIM card will help mitigate the effects of power outages.

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  Autres infos...

  During your time off you can go for a walk, ride a bike, horse riding, swimming in the lake by taking a hiking trail on the other side of the road; take salsa/ painting/yoga/cooking/Spanish classes. Between 10 minutes of home there are 3 highly rated restaurants, several grocery stores, 2 laundry facilities, 2 swimming pools, 2 Spanish schools.
  15 minutes walking from home you can eat a traditional Guatemalan lunch for a good price. In downtown you can visit a pub, a restaurant, a museum or visit a Mirador.
  You also can take a public boat to visit the different towns around the lake, or take a public bus or a shuttle and visit Quetzaltenango or Chichicastenango. Or just to hang out on your patio enjoying the lovely view of the mountains, sky, lake, birds, dragonflies, butterflies and feel the sun energy.
  At night enjoy the moon when is orange and its bright light is reflecting into the lake super powerful or listening to the crickets then your soul is filled up. When is windy you hear the water sounds from the lake like you are on the sea.
  We appreciate, you respect the property rules and privacy: the workers, the pets, not smoking indoor and outdoor, not using drugs, not drinking, not partying, no visitors, no pets, music and tv moderate volume, classifying the trash, do compost.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.

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