Meet “la tienda”, the shop. This is the best stocked shop in the village. From tomatoes, onions, potatoes and a few jalapeno peppers to dried goods, cans, and basic household items, you can find many things without having to go to town. Your diet will be really basic, no fish, no meat, at best one… Read more
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Little house in Guatemala week 35-36
After I got the council’s approval letter to split my land in 250 plots last week, things have been really weird. The council still seems to want to have a say in what we are going to do exactly, but when I went to the national cadaster’s office, they said this particular council has… Read more
Little house in Guatemala: A normal day at the council
I am sitting inside the public works office of the council as I write this. Scorpions is singing Wind of Change on the radio, a little too loud for anyone to concentrate properly on a basic task. Two guys are checking FB, one of them casually seated on the other one’s desk, two ladies decided it was… Read more
Little house in Guatemala, fiesta week (35-36).
Last week was the village fair, in honor of San Pedro (St Peter), its saint patron. It was a lot of fun, especially the beauty pageant. Out of the 3,000+ inhabitants, only four young ladies were willing to participate, one of them smiling so little that it looked like her parents forced her to do… Read more
Little house in Guatemala, week 31-32
Happy Monday! Time for your favorite telenovela, set deep in the Guatemalan jungle. After the handyman debacle last month while we were away, we are so relieved he quit. Once he was gone, the carpenter who had been working as well during our month of absence admitted that he never saw the handyman when he… Read more
Little house in Guatemala, week 26-30
Happy Monday! As I write this, I have been home for three days, back from a much deserved and relaxing month in France. So what happens when you leave your beloved little house for a month and trust your handyman will handle the garden, animals and the house? Sh*t. BF stayed in Guatemala City while… Read more
It is not about how much you have, it is about the returns
Unless you have millions, of course. Then the returns still matter, but not so much, you can live quite well on what your millions make on a 3% savings account. I was checking my net worth the other day, and realized my investments give me a monthly return just over 1%. That is the… Read more
What the animals taught me about life
It has been over three months now since the hens and rooster joined us in the little house in Guatemala. Then came the turkeys and geese, and at the beginning, I was treating them like babies. Once or twice a day you give them food (or more, if we are talking about babies, don’t feed… Read more
Defining my dream, little guest house in Guatemala
Good morning! Today is usually the day for a Guatemalan life recap, so I am publishing a post I wrote back when I got there, about the reasons why I ended up there, hope you like it! Cancún, Mexico. I just flew in, and my dream house, on a little patch of land by a… Read more
The cost of living in Guatemala
I have been living in Guatemala for three years between 2004 and 2006, and in 2011 for 7 months in between extended European and US travel. This post is more based on my experience then than now because I have bought my house and this region of Northern Guatemala doesn’t have a lot to offer… Read more