Join and help at Tibetan Cultural house in Retuvka, the Czech Republic

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    Welcome!
    Tashidelek!

    We are Tibetan-Czech family with two children building a Tibetan house in the Centre of Europe!

    Story:
    When we moved in (2019), there were old storehouse and 2 more old buildings. We live in huge 100 years old house with many rooms where our visitors can stay.
    We have dozens of plans for future. Animals, garden, forest, house etc...
    Sustainable living, self-sufficiency in food one day. Zero waste!
    Happy animals, kids and community.

    We plan to build a Tibetan chorten, mini Tibetan traditional houses in garden, wooden yurt, tee-pee,... organise Tibetan culture festivals, farmstay, Tibetan movie weekends etc..... maybe one miniature Potala Palace on the hill? Wow!

    Huge permaculture garden and animals.

    We try to live minimalist, save water, electrocity etc. Not to have low bills, but to not harm the mother nature!

    Everybody is welcome to join, help, learn, teach, share and enjoy!

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    You can learn Czech, Tibetan, Chinese languages, learn Tibetan cooking. Have endless talks on Tibet, culture, religion, philosophy, childcare, child education, homeschooling etc.

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    Will tell you how to find peace in your heart and your place in this life and become happier person!!

    HAPPINESS! The secret of happiness! Very simple! Very obvious! But such difficult to achieve! Too sad that our parents didnt know that!

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    One spoiler: manual work is the best meditation! They will never tell you in western so-called buddhist monasteries ;)

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    Nature retreat
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    We can play music together, games, cook, dance, enjoy, relax,....
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    You are going to be part of the family, small community. You are going to be uncle and aunt! No, you dont babysit 24/7, but kids will talk with you, play, run, jump, sing and disturb you all the time ;)

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    Storehouse, broken house - pile bricks, pile roof tiles, timbers etc. endless work... think of it as a MEDITATION and MINDFOCUSING excercise!

    Garden - plough land, grow trees and bushes, clean and fix old greenhouse, etc...

    Cut wood for winter!

    2022 main project - new canalization - digging a hole in garden, putting pipes and covering with soil
    2022 finish new bathroom in the house!
    fix and reconstruct random rooms in the house.

    Do you like cooking? Please say yes! We warmly welcome people who like to cook!

    WHO ARE YOU?

    We welcome everybody, single, couples, families, groups! Animals with you.

    We wish our visitors keep in mind there is only one mother nature here for us! Once we are here on this planet and living this live, we should think about what remains here after us?

    Do NOT SMOKE IN HOUSE AND GARDEN!
    Smoking is strictly forbidden, if you sleep in tent in garden, no smoking too!

    We love meeting people, we wish you can stay from 3-4 days for couple of weeks.

    We cook together if you are ok. We eat everything, cook everything, simple food,
    trying to buy local and organic vegetable, meat and milk products.

  • Languages spoken

    Tibetan: Fluent
    Czech: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Simple private rooms in big old house which you can clean and fix by yourself!

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    your tent, sleeping bags,... in garden

    We cook simple food, sometimes traditional Tibetan food. Meat ok. Vegan ok.

    There is ONE BATHROOM in the huge house. Old, small. Water comes from old well in garden. Please SAVE WATER! We dont know how much water is in there :D

    There is dry toilet outside. We really do not use drinking water to flush our own sht ;) Just imagine that!! :-O

    There is dry toilet INSIDE during winter! Please eat healthy, dont use hormonal contraception, antibiotics etc. to make sure the mother land is not getting poison from us. And OUR garden is not getting poison from us -->> our food not getting poison!

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    NO SMOKING ON OUR LAND!!!! HOUSE AND GARDEN! Really! This is one of basic rules!

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    Zero waste!

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    Did you read until here? It means you are really interested about our place. When you send us message, please answer these questions:
    1. How many bathrooms we have in the house?
    2. Why do you choose us?
    3. What kind of help/work do you enjoy or brings you happiness?
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    GETTTING AROUND
    The house is 100m far from bus stop, buses take you to/from:
    - USTI NAD ORLICI, where is TRAIN to/from Prague and everywhere in Czech.
    - LITOMYSL, where is UNESCO heritage castle, beautiful square with many cosy caffes and shops.

    ORLICKE mountains are around 30km far to north, with highest peaks around 1000meters. In mountains you can find even more quiet places than our garden, beautiful views and cheaper hotels and services than in the highest Czech mountain Krkonose (Giant mountains). It is easy to get here by buses and spend nice weekend. In winter there are many ski slopes and snb parks.

    Czech has GREAT buses and trains public transport network. Trains take you to every town and buses to every village!

    Czechs speak English in Prague, Czech lang everywhere else. If you come to train station and need to ask for help, use simple sentences and bodylanguage.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    There are plenty of rooms waiting for reconstruction, but having wi-fi

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    we have huge garden

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    yes, but our garden doesnt have fence

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

    4-5 hours a day, 4-5 days a week

Host ref number: 322674573553

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