I am in Guatemala on Lake a chitlin and
I'm at a villa called via samaya it took
three and a half hours total almost four
hours to get here from Guatemala City
Airport it was quite a journey I'm used
to long journeys but this one was
through the mountains and I never get
motion sickness but this was my first
time that I actually got nauseous while
going through all the twists and turns
the mountains and yeah I never felt
nauseous before I mean I throw a lot but
yeah oh man I got this ride soon so the
shuttle was set up through the villa and
it was a private show for me and my
friend Paulina that's here with me and
we're staying here for four days Friday
through Tuesday
they have yoga retreats here and we
decided to do our own cuyahoga which we
kind of customized our yoga retreat and
a four-day package so with our package
comes to yoga sessions and we also get
one massage and just hang around this
beautiful villa and why don't give you a
little tour of this room to show you how
beautiful it is so this is our beautiful
nook area where we could just lounge and
read relax
oh we got a little guidebook here to go
over all the good things this Villa
offers got some keys to our room this is
room number 10 we're actually very high
up and so we have to go through walk up
a lot of stairs to get here but it's
worth it for the view my friend and I
are sharing this queen-size bed it's not
the most comfortable bed but we slept
pretty well so all good there
of course the view from here is fabulous
Oh such a gorgeous day today too very
windy but gorgeous
that's our entrance over there
and this is our closet I've got a good
amount of space here we hung up
somewhere close got some shelves here to
your stuff you have extra blanket up
there is a fox and over here is our
bathroom it's kind of like a tree house
and fireman because the tree is actually
coming through this think area yeah
while you're brushing your teeth you can
look at this gorgeous view since we are
in a natural environment you will see
some books here and there are no vacancy
but there was like some little answer
earlier oh yeah there's some answer
there and there was some bugs in our
water but it's kind of expected in
places like this this is our shower and
it's like coming from their big
showerhead
lovely tiles toilet it's on the other
side
yeah we have some storage space here to
put whatever you actually had to store
my stuff in here and instead of leaving
it on the counter because all the bugs
were kidding to it or the little ants so
just a tip to store your things in here
and then this is part my favorite part
about candy like I have this nice view
from our balcony and we can just relax
on this hammock this is our entrance
into our room we have a little chair we
can sit on the door real number tap your
balcony across and then if we go down a
little bit there is a nice open terrace
here so you get a better view of that
gorgeous volcano how magical and then
down there is the dock where the boats
come from and that's where we got
dropped off when you came all walked all
the way up you're here and then going up
to our room
everyone is up there some nice exercise
you're going up all these stairs all the
time the other side there's a little
trail here oh it's like another Terrace
out here just discover this right now
yeah you can go down here and get
another lovely view on the other side
just go down
Oh another relaxing area here so another
another tire is here where you can relax
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that's at different paths you could take
hint
gorgeous spots you just find on the wind
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number ten so that's the rhythm tour
there's so many more things that you
discover here I had that I just found
you know a little other little Terrace
and I'm sure there's some other things
that we haven't found yet cuz it's
actually pretty huge this property we're
on the west side I believe and there's
an east side of the village as well so
or the villa so really excited to check
out the rest of the scene here a very
very beautiful beautiful area so yeah
today we're probably just going to relax
around the villa and enjoy the pool the
views many splits one on the lake a
little bit oh it's not a couple earlier
doing that this morning is actually come
on chilly in the morning so now it's
actually really great about seventy-five
degrees in the morning it was about
sixty five degrees but it's not that
cold
surprisingly especially not that bad and
then we had a yoga session so now in the
we have breakfast what the package comes
free breakfast buffet lunch buffet and
dinner buffet and you could also order
chicken or fish but with an extra call
so you just have to award that ahead of
time so Wi-Fi is three dollars a day
here although it doesn't work very well
but it's okay it's not like I was really
dependent on it while I was here it is a
place to just relax and not be bothered
by technology but yes I'm gonna test out
the Wi-Fi today see how well it works I
also brought my Skyrim personal Wi-Fi
hotspot that seems to be working on and
off as well I think it's just such a
remote area they're just not gonna get a
very strong signal around here
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going down to the pool no these are all
the steps you have to take every time
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I'm guys gotta carry here
it's from different Arab medicines
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nice lounge area
that's us now that's a pool area I'd
overheated
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okay it is my last day at Fiesta Maya it
was such an incredible stay it was
relaxing it was educational
it was bonding it was everything I
imagined and more it was oh spiritual of
course since there's a little retreat
everybody here was so great the staff is
wonderful the tour that we had with
Bolton tours Pedro was excellent our
room was excellent the stairs though you
do have to consider the stairs because
although we had privacy and we were you
know up in a great area with a great
view with you know the hammock and the
balcony you do have to go up more than a
hundred steps that was challenging every
day we did get used to it a little bit
but just keep in mind that you have to
go up and down those stairs at least
three times a day so I don't know if
I'll do that next time if I come back
here but you know just something to keep
in mind and our yoga sessions were great
our teachers name was Hema so if he kind
of es mio highly recommend Hema I was a
beginner and my friend was advanced she
knew had to you know I'm going between
for the both of us so that was awesome
the views while you're doing over here
are just stunning
just to look out on this beautiful lake
in the mountains and what else oh the
vegetarian food was great every day
something was different
another thing about our room even though
that tree was cool going through a
bathroom we did have bugs and ants come
into the bathroom a lot so we always had
to cover a lot of things or put away a
lot of our things so that's just
something to think about but we are in
nature so I think it's just expected to
expect some bugs we wish we could have
explored more towns but we also wanted
to enjoy via samaya itself because it's
such a lovely property and we wanted to
enjoy the views and relaxation at the
pool and you know talking with some of
the Yogi's here they were some of them
are like really
especially Nixa she is leading a yoga
retreat here and she is so so sweet so
thank you nextstep for being so lovely
to us other than that I mean you know I
highly recommend via samaya on lake
atitlan it's excellent it's you know if
you want relaxation you could do that if
you want a little bit of adventure you
can go off to some different towns and
explore there's lots of different towns
the main ones I think are San Marcos
which is known to be a hippie town San
Juan which we went to which was great
and there's Santiago which is a little
bit further away and a hotel where we
came from that's where we took the boat
from panajachel to here after we got off
the shuttle what else is there there's a
sound Pedro and I I think a couple other
towns but those look like mostly the
main ones and they have great markets
too
okay so I got a go down eat some
breakfast
and head on out of here if you liked
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