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House sitting opportunity from 22March - 7 May 2025 for 6 weeks 4 days in our rancho.
We offer : accommodation in our furnished guest house, WiFi connection (we will put WiFi repeater in the guesthouse), an experience living in nature with farm animals.
Your task : stay in the rancho if you go out be sure to be back by night time. Feed 2 dogs, 3 cats, flock of chickens 2 times a day. Move the 2 goats in and out of their pen so they can eat the grass. Switching on /off the irrigation system for the plants.
When we return you are welcome to stay longer as a house sitter or as a work away whichever you want.
Please read the full description of our rancho below.
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Project we are looking forward to do :
*Making wooden beds, shelves, table etc
*If you have knowledge on creating vegetables garden from scratch, seeding, planting... etc.. We need your help!
We have a space already assigned for vegetable garden. At the moment is covered with grass and weeds. First we have to clear the area so we can start vegetables planting.
*If you have knowledge in permaculture
*If you have knowledge on making a beehive
*Building a roof for the goats
*Making outdoor pizza oven
Hello we are mix family : Ritney from Indonesia, Luch from Italy and two boys Niko 10yo and Leon 6yo. We are homesteading in 4 hectares rancho/farm with mango trees, 10 km from the beach named Puerto Arista in Chiapas coast Mexico.
We would like to be self sustainable. We creating organic farm with no chemical use on the land.
We also unschooling our children.
I require minimum of 2 weeks stay if possible , so that we can finish a project during your stay.
We expect 3 hours help/day, 5 days a week. Saturday and Sunday is your free day.
You will be responsible for acquiring your own food. That being said, we will take you to the supermarket with our car so you can buy whatever you need. Also when we have extra food such fresh fish, fresh eggs, fruits, fresh milk...etc we would be happy to share.
If you are native Italian, you can help my children to study because all of their books are in Italian.
This area is well-known for their livestock such cows, locally made fresh cheese, fish, shrimp and prawns. Many affordable local restaurants serves dishes made from shrimp and fish.
In general the weather here is hot. Even during the rainy season can be humid hot. After all it's a seaside town.
October to February is warm during the day and cooler in the night. The beach is at it best during this time, Calmer.
March is starting to get hot. During the day and sometimes at night too.
The hottest month is in april. That's when our mango trees give fruits.
June is start the rainy season until September.
If you can appreciate the warm weather, the breeze that comes through the trees to our rancho, the nature, the beach, the mango season, fresh raw cow milk, fresh fish and shrimp from the fisherman... Then I think you'll like it here.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
House sitting
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I notice that some work awayer wants to practice their Spanish language. Although we fluent in Spanish, we are Italian-Indonesian family. We speak either Italian, and English. I sometimes speak Indonesian with my children, depends on the situation. So, our household is not ideal for Spanish language immersion.
You'll experience organic homestead living. I can show you how we make our own mozzarella cheese, cream cheese and yogurt from fresh milk, making mango jam when it's season.
You can converse with us and our children in 3 different languages. You can enjoy seaside living and farm living at the same time.
Help
We would like help on :
*Making wooden beds/table /shelves
*Creating vegetable garden from scratch.
*Wooden fence fixing
*Cutting the bushes with machete
*Any general maintenance around the property
*If you are Italian native, you can help my children to study
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Indonesian: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Accommodation
You'll be staying in our guest house. It's a large room with equipped kitchen and bathroom attached .Either by yourself or sharing with other work away. There is fridge, pots and pan etc and washing machine. There is 1 king size bed and 1 matrimonial size bed.
When it's mango season you are welcome to enjoy the mango as much as you want.
Smoking is not allowed inside the house, you can smoke outside in the patio.
Pets are not allowed inside the house.
WiFi available in our house /patio, unfortunately it doesn't reach the guesthouse where you are staying. However you are welcome to use our WiFi.
Please be mindful, We are sharing Internet so Internet is limited meaning if you rely heavily with Internet 24/7 to work online or streaming /downloading movies then this is not for you.
We get black out and Internet cut off from time to time sometimes for a whole day.
What else ...
Our rancho is located in the countryside. There is only cows, big field, trees and nature close by. If you want night life and restaurants you can go to Puerto Arista or tonala town.
From our rancho The beach is 10km away, straight road. You can take public transport for 30pesos one way (about 1.50euro). The town with supermarkets and shopping mall is also 10km away.
There is Tonala ruins called iglesia vieja.
There is laguna called boca del cielo
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
You can park your campervan any size, we have the space. You can use our bathroom and shower. But you can't dump your septic in our property.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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With sporty Tatiana they make an… read more
This cute Italo-Indonesian couple end their two jungle kids inspired us for the future.
Dogs, cats, chickens, chicks and goats are in animal heaven surrounded by true animal lovers. Luciano and Ritney know what is to be a traveler more than… read more
The work was never demanding but if you're up for it there's always more bush to clear or things to build.
The highlight for me was playing with the boys - cycling around the neighborhood,… read more
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With sporty Tatiana they make an… read more
This cute Italo-Indonesian couple end their two jungle kids inspired us for the future.
Dogs, cats, chickens, chicks and goats are in animal heaven surrounded by true animal lovers. Luciano and Ritney know what is to be a traveler more than… read more
The work was never demanding but if you're up for it there's always more bush to clear or things to build.
The highlight for me was playing with the boys - cycling around the neighborhood,… read more
Alex and Joe are remarkable human being, kind, reliable, trustworthy, have a high sense of responsibility and they were… read more
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Il posto è meraviglioso, immerso nella natura dell'entro terra a 10 minuti di combi da Puerto Arista. Si arriva facilmente alla loro fattoria.
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