The Bungalow Home

We've gotten settled in our Guatemalan home!  As we've mentioned before, we share a courtyard with two other bungalows, one of which houses a Mayan family with 2 small kids.  I am happy to report that we have gone 1 week now with the little boy (almost 2 yrs old) not crying at the sight of us, the "gringos".  In fact, we walked with the family to a festival celebrating a "Saint's Day".  He is not only not crying, but smiling and playing with us!

We'd like to share a few photos that you can browse and get a glimpse of our environment.

This is our front door.

The house on the right in this picture is where our Guatemalan friends live.

As we first enter the bungalow, we have our bed on the right and "sofa (i.e. twin bed)" straight ahead.

Our bathroom is through the door on the back right from the picture when you step into the bungalow.

We got creative with our closet space by finding a stick outside as our pole.

 From view of our bed, you can see the tv, shelf and entrance to kitchen.

 We have a four burner stove top (no oven), sink, table, and water filter (on back right in picture)

There's the stove top.

 And then there is our "dorm room size" refrigerator.

And here's our view from the kitchen into the front of the house.

In case you got lost on the tour, we have 1 room that serves as bedroom, living room, dining room, family room, and pantry (i.e. shelf).  Then we have a bathroom with a wardrobe and make-shift clothes rod.  And of course we have a kitchen.

Almost everything was included with the house.  We'll have to buy a gas tank every once in awhile for the stove top.  And we had to do extensive cleaning.  We love our rugs and our bed spread, which we bought (all dyed with natural colors and made by hand).  TV and cable was included.  Rent is very cheap (around $160 per month) compared to what we're accustomed to in the States, however we're also only earning about double that amount on income for everything else to get-by and live on.