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My name is taki.
I am a child of the great spirit. .. We are located in the sacred valley of cusco below pitusiray and sawasiray.. I am growing mushrooms in the sacred valley of the Inkas organically. i also grow veggies .
i need help in the garden and with mushroom cultivation.
We do sweat lodge ceremonies as well. This mushroom farm is a new thing here in the valley we are focusing on trainig others to grow mushrooms, offer g workshops to andean villagers. We also grow oyster, shitake, reishi for medicine. we are doing rustic hutt produccion.we really need Spanish inglish people.
There are many tasks from gardening building, cooking, housekeeping, mushroom watering and harvesting. 6days per month we plant mushrooms. There is al ways maintenence with mushrooms watering, picking, selling, cleaning..
There is nothing high tech about the way we produce mushrooms except for sterile culture work we do in our Spawn Laboratory. Volunteers do assist in all aspects of substrate preparacion, planting , pasteurizing, housekeeping, mushroom delivery and sales. I dont usually have volunteers enter our laboratory . IT takes a minimum of 3 months , to learn the whole process.
Volunteers do not usually stay long enough to learn this high detail technology . Growing mushrooms is alot of hard work and daily maintenace, attention to detail , and repetitive work .
We only grow edible gourmet and medicinal mushrooms such as RIESHI , Shitake and Oyster mushrooms, . If you are seriously interested an a full apprenticeship position here at the farm and wish to replicate this in your country of origin please write me. This can take a minimum 6 month to 12 month comitment. You will leave here a mushroom maestro or maestra.
I hold a sweatlodge monthly . The lodge is based on the mexica tradition of mexico but is a bit mixed with the Andean Spirituality . We work with the 4 elements calling up our ancestors for help. We sing songs and purify and harmonize the body mmind and spirit in this sacred ceremony. I for those people i have a chance to get to know well may participate in other ceremonies.
I was born in kansascity , have lived in mexico for years, am a mexican citizen and now i am a peruvian citizen. . IM amazed with all the responses we get everyday ..
I hope to learn and share my experiences.
We can host people all year anytime. I am always needing some constant help here ..If you want to learn medicine songs in spanish and quechua this is a good place
At the moment , i'm interested im receiveing volunteers interested in mushroom apprentiship. 3- 6 month comitment..
Also 3 week minimum stay for other volunteers.
Our website needs serious help. .
We have created a flourishing mushroom marketing un recent years. We need help with the website. Its really weak. If we can make it good , i think we can sell more mushrooms locally but also export to lima, Perú.
It's been 3 years and still the website isnt working .
I need help for a week yo get it going
YOu should write if your interested in coming to help short term or longterm .
You must have a sleeping bagg to come stay here. To keep the dorm cleaner. We have some blankets . but very limited. If you use blankets you are required to hand wash them. You also must hand wash your own clothes. Also if you break kitchen appliances , dishes , other property you are required to replace or pay for repairs. We do not accepy young people under 22 years of age thatdo not have a degree . we have had problems with young people here on the farm that have no life experience . there are acceptions
Thankyou
Taki
Types of help and learning opportunities
Teaching
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn some quechua language, learn experience in sweatlodge tradicion, learn songs.
You will live amongst quechua native speakers .
Help
Gardening ,, mushroom cultivation. mushroom delivery to customers
Mushroom sales in local organic suanday market 1st and 3rd sunday of each month.
wild Mushroom Foraging
HOUSE CLEANING
COOKING
Garden weeeding
Animal Care
singing
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Quechua: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
Quechua
Accommodation
i have a spare bedroom in my house.
What else ...
Cusco was the site of the historic capital of the Inca Empire and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1983 by UNESCO. It is a major tourist destination and receives almost 2 million visitors a year. It is designated as the Historical Capital of Peru by the Constitution of Peru.
THere is Lares hott springs 3 hours away . nice place to go for a couple days. Ausangate springs 5hours away.
The jungle isjust a few hours over the mountain.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
There are two cafés here 5 min walk with excelente wifi.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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a great time in the company of these peoples, the village is magnificent and there are beautiful places to discover.!!😀
the work is pleasant, a rythm not very difficult, there is a lot of work and you have to be ready to work hard!! but with pleasure.!! only good vibes:)
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a great time in the company of these peoples, the village is magnificent and there are beautiful places to discover.!!😀
the work is pleasant, a rythm not very difficult, there is a lot of work and you have to be ready to work hard!! but with pleasure.!! only good vibes:)
you… read more
Corentin was a great visitar. We planted mushrooms and he planted rainbow corn un My feild.
Comevisit again corentin
I mainly worked in the garden up the hill (weeding, cleaning), prepared some seeds and food, cleaning the… read more
thank you with my whole heart and being.
I will be back.
The area is incredibly beautiful, with a range of hikes of varying length and intensity that are immediately… read more
The work was very straight… read more
The work varied a lot. Some days were pretty hard but we also had our regeneration days. So we were mostly watering the mushroom houses daily, we had planting days, could learn a bit in the lab, were selling mushrooms in Urubamba or Pisac at eco fairs, cooking, cleaning… read more
The work was not hard: we worked five days a… read more
I had noooo idea what I was getting into here. I feel like Kusi Wasi was a defibrillator for my soul. Amazing location in the Sacred Valley (which is wildly energetic place full of weirdos{positive connotation} and foreigners). I intended to stay for a month or so then go off and see Peru but I was so drawn in to the microcosm of Kusi Wasi… read more
Kusiwasi is a wicked little community full of life and soul including the absolutely lovable character that is the dog, (also named Taki)!
The scenery in the area was breathtaking with many hiking trails and camping spots nearby, other towns were… read more
Taki is a US-Peruvian-Mexican soft-spoken superhuman being, who plays drums, flutes, violin, sings wonderful opera in falsetto in the laboratory in the mornings and… read more
The Sacred Valley is breathtaking and Taki's road actually leads to a waterfall and to further trails in the… read more
