Last time I was in Guatemala, I was backpacking on the last few dollars of my student loans. The budget was tight and my agenda ambitious, and I stayed in some dreadful lodgings. This time, you'd think I was in an entirely different country. Jennifer and Mark live in a spacious condo in a swank modern high-rise with a giant living room, sitting room, three bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, a kitchen, pantry, servants quarters (!!), floor-to-ceiling windows and a wrap-around balcony. It feels like a palace compared to my badly lit, 680 square foot, one-bedroom apartment. Kudos to Mark for picking it out, and to Jennifer for putting it together.
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View of the living/dining area from the entryway |
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Jennifer and Mark in the living room |
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Sitting room |
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Guest bedroom |
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Kitchen |
The views around the apartment are amazing. I'm told they're even better when the air isn't hazy and you can see the row of volcanoes marching along to the west.
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Living room balcony, to the left |
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Living room balcony center |
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Living room balcony to the right |
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Someday I want to live where I can grow bougainvillea |
3 comments:
That's beautiful! Love bougainvillea... How periwinkle is that, Kathryn?!! Lady
Gesundheit! (bougainvillea? I tried to say it out loud and it sounded something like bug-ayn-villa... )
"bow - gan - veeya"...honestly! Lady
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