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Help us welcome guests at our little hostel in the quiet town of Bacalar, Mexico

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a mexican/italian couple established in Bacalar town where we built an ecological project for travellers to stay.
    We made by our own must of the carpinteers and some up-cycling technics to build the hostel, that we entirely open just before the pandemia.
    No matter we are close to all the amenities the town has, we are lucky to still been surrounded by other empty lands, so the place still been quite wild.
    According to this we want to preserve the local varieties of plants we have and create a beautiful garden where you can see a lot of birds around like hamming birds and wood peckers. Bacalar´s town grew next to a magical lagoon in the mexican caribbean side. The mayan prehispanic culture still being very present. There are some cenotes and archeological sites nearby. Because of our position the volunteers are able to visit a lot of these atractions.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    Help around the house
    Hospitality/Tourism
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We both have spent a long time travelling around latin america, thats where our project has it's root. Always interested in the social aspects are happening around the area we are in. I believe we can be such a good help for volunteers to understand the cultural and particular aspects are in Bacalar. While I was travelling, I was frequently involved with bioconstruction projects, that helps me out to realized which direction I wanted to give to my architectural degree. So I am pretty sure some construction techniques will be an important exchange whether the volunteer is interested in. On the other hand, cooking, languages and knowledge about plants Greta has earned along the last years is priceless. She was been working in an italian greenhouse for several years.

  • Help

    Help

    We need a hand running the hostel, from checking in/cheking out some guests and general mantainance of the house. There are always daily tasks, like cleaning communal areas or gardening. Sometimes we deal with especific small projects to renew some corners of our place. In addition we are always open to new porposals.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    Italian: Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We provide a pad with sheets and pillow in a tent and the bathrooms are communal (ther's hot water in the showers). We also give you the breakfast and the using of the kitchen well equipped. When the guests are not using the bikes you can take one and go discover Bacalar!

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    The lagoon of Bacalar is 500 meters away and you can visit interesting sites by bike from our house like cenotes. Taking a bus you can get to the beach of Mahahual or visit the town of Chetumal.

  • 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

    Internet is working quite well.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 4 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 329362872719

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