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We Live in the jungle 30 minutes away from downtown and 20-25 minutes away from the beach.
Me (Perla) have an Organic Soap & Skincare project based on Aromatherapy and Herbology, Health & Ecology. Love traveling and food.
My hobbies are Perfumery, Alchemy, Pottery, fermenting/preserving, Woodworking and of course Gardening. I'd like to start tufting and make rugs!!! Been doing Research & Development and Product Design & Formulation for other Cosmetic Labs.
Me (Alex) Im a dentist and profesor at the University, enjoy cooking, music and arts.
We are working aswell on a conservation environmental & social project.
We were also workawayer voolunteers the years 2016 and 2017 and got to learn, enjoy and the experience what it is to be a volunteers.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Beautiful Beaches, Mangroves, cenotes, lagoons. lot of warm sunny days most of the year.
We speak Spanish, English and French fluently.
You'll enjoy of sleeping surrounded by jungle and birds. not (so) close neighbors, if you like privacy, solitude, Meditation, Nature youll enjoy it.
And if you need the other social side, All the nithglife, cuilinaire, etc Cancun can offer is there for you.
We have 2 kayaks you could use (if you have a car is better)
We live 3 km from the nearer Public Transport, whuch is the nearer "town" is 3 km away and you could go by bike, basic groceries, vegetables and some prepared food is available.
Help
Looking someone to help with general maintenance and hardwork with a greenhouse setup, clear space in the jungle for beehives, moving logs and rocks.
*We are in need of 1 strong and active Workawayer to work in the jungle. 5 hours of active work and would prefer somebody who rests, write, paints, exercises etc in situ, just being there to take care of the property. Active work MON-FRI
help in building a perimetral rock wall. The rocks can be gathered from the jungle around, Take care of the property. Shape the jungle, gardening and plant propagation.
Help with social media quality content creation, nice pictures and nice catchy reels for conservation ecological project.
Is essential you have done this things and have some experience or at least be very capable, willing and dilligent.
Help required including picking garbage from the streets around, separating recyclables.
May be cooking or cleaning if necessary.
Masonry experience to build a outdoor Bathtub with rocks??? That be awsome. We have a plastic mould for that and the faucet ready.
We need Responsible, Respectful, Clean, Comitted, Proactive, Skilfull, Strong, Trustworthy, Autonomous, Capable, Independent, diligent volunteers.
Minimal stays of 2, weeks as it is time consuming to explain how everything works. Depending on your Skills & Profile we can consider more time. Or less.
Water saving is important.
Dry sunny season is March till May
June starts to Rain some days
Mosquito season is July.
Rainy season is September to January.
Hurricane season in October.
"Colder" fresher months are from November till February.
To all of you who wish to come, answer these questions:
Dates of availability?
Skills/Experience/Areas of Interest: What have you done and what can you help us with?
If you are an expert and actually have experience and know what you do, we can talk.......
Note: If you break something, you'll pay for it. Need to be accountable.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
We offer a medium camping tent with a matress
Basic and fresh food, fruits and veggies, rice, pasta, lentils, tortillas, beans, canned meat and eggs. We have solar panels and can provide a small fridge for you to keep your food.
You will enjoy a beautiful outdoor shower, vermicompost biofilter normal water toilet. All the "Sale de Bain" we ask you to clean and wash thoroughly 1 a week. (No chlorine allowed)
Lot of jungle around so plenty of privacy.
Our place is near to the city but out of the city. We have a bike available for volunteers but having your own transportation would be a prefered
Please be independent and you are picky with food bring bring your own . We'll provide good basic food once a week and everything else you provide yourself. Thanks!!!
What else ...
Cancun is a Mega Touristy place so lot of flow and people and interesting activities to do around. Lot of Mayan ruins and the culture is vast. plenty of recommendations once you are here.
We have lots of power tools *Care, attention, experience and common sense is needed to handle tools to avoid accidents or damaging of tools.*
Our location is a bit remote from the city and public transpotation not so closet, so volunteers with their own transpotation are ideal.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have a gravel "paved" space where a bus size can park, surrounded by green jungle and beautiful huge trees and palms. Fire pit too.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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Thank you thank you thank you!
What an incredible time we had in this amazing work away opportunity.
Alex and Perla are an amazing, fun and hard working couple who are living the dream because they've earned it.
They are an example and inspiration into what can be accomplished when you follow your heart and put the work into… read more
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Thank you thank you thank you!
What an incredible time we had in this amazing work away opportunity.
Alex and Perla are an amazing, fun and hard working couple who are living the dream because they've earned it.
They are an example and inspiration into what can be accomplished when you follow your heart and put the work into… read more
They stayed 3 weeks and pushed us to design our kitchen but they demanded to eat meat everyday which was difficult not having a fridge in the jungle and werent doing much… read more
They know a lot about permaculture, preserving foods, Jaqui helped me to make a succesful Sauerkraut and a beberage of pinapple called Tepache.
They are hard… read more
The place they've got is magnificent, you… read more
