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Bienvenidos, welcome, willkommen!
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1 COUPLE NEEDED
Starting MAY 1 for a month
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INTROVERTS DO REALLY
WELL HERE
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ABOUT US
Currently LUCAS (in his 50s and from Mexico) is running The Place, with ULLA (in her 60s and from Germany) managing the workawayer page and communications.
The Place consists of 11 apartments and rooms, a pool, lots and lots of plants, and a labyrinth of more rooms, stairs, decks, and passages.
All are in constant need to be taken care of.
Btw, this is NOT A HOSTEL, tho it looks like one!!!
OUR OFFER
We offer you a guestroom with a shared bathroom, a shared kitchen, and a few spaces to hang out.
Your regular workaway hours are:
Mon to Fri
830 to 1130 am.
IT'S A FUNKY PLACE!!!
Our shared Kitchen is an open air kitchen, and it just gets dusty, no matter how much or how often you clean.
Due to living in the tropics, we do have termites. We try to keep on top of them and erradicate them, but... they keep coming back.
Oh, and our pool sometimes works, and sometimes it doesn't...
If these are issues you can live with, or clean them to YOUR satisfaction WITHOUT COMPLAINING about it, then this is a good place for you.
If these kinds of issues make you feel uncomfortable, then it might be better to look for a different host.
ABOUT LUCAS
Lucas is originally from Mexico City, but has spent decades living in The Bahia de Banderas.
He is one of these guys, that can do anything he puts his mind to, and most of the time he does it well.
He is very much an introvert.
Also, he is in a relationship with Terry, but she is not directly involved in the running of The Place.
ABOUT OUR VILLAGE
The population of La Cruz is a mix featuring
- a Mexican village,
- plus a snow bird population of mostly US and Canadian retirees during the winter months,
- plus year round or part time sailors anchored in the La Cruz Marina close to the apartments.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Jardinage
Bricolage et projets de construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Travelers have the opportunity to live and volunteer in a complex environment:
- there are Mexicans, Americans, Germans, and Canadians living on the property in the middle of a Mexican fishing village;
- those of us living on and/or visiting the property range in ages from 2 till 75, tho most of us are in our 60s; and
- we constantly switch back and forth between 2 languages (English, and Spanish) with various skill levels and improvisational abilities with some German mixed in there.
Welcome to life in the midst of a Mexican fishing village with lots of visitors - all close to the Pacific ocean.Aide
We ♡love♡ INTROVERTS as most of us living here:
. enjoy spending lots of time by ourselves
. while being friendly with our neighbors, when we run into each other.
We are asking all of our workawayers
. to stay a MINIMUM OF 4 weeks and
. to be available for the following tasks:
1) WEEKLY CLEANINGS of the (big) public spaces of the property (including the Pool Bathroom, the Main Kitchen, several stairs, and lots of tiled floors)
2) CARRYING 20 LITER / 5 GALLON FILTERED WATER BOTTLES (called garafons in Mexico) up and down stairs a few times a week as a service to our renters
3) WALKING OUR 2 BIG DOGS 2 or 3 times a day (see picture below)
. Mana is a Belgian Malinois, and she is 7+ years old,
. Oso is a Labrador-Rottweiler mix, and he is 4+ years old.
4) WATERING and taking care of our +/-180 potted plants
5) HANDYMAN HELP, experience with cement construction, painting concrete, and ...
6) HELPING with our weekly POOL MAINTENANCE (if it is in use)
We are looking forward to hearing from you!Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: CourantHébergement
You will be staying in one of our funky and creative rooms with a shared bathroom.
In addition, we offer:
- a fully equipped Main Kitchen occasionally shared with some of our guests/renters
- filtered drinking water in both your room and the kitchen
- WiFi
- a 5 minute walk to the nearest beaches (which are not surfing beaches)
- 3 - 5 minute walk to 2 grocery stores, 2 butchers, a taqueria, affordable local restaurants, and live music bars
- inexpensive local buses, that more or less take you wherever you want to go in the Bahia de Banderas, and
- our onsite host Lucas.
The room does NOT have an AC, but we do have fans.
We do NOT OFFER FOOD as part of the exchange, as we have a Main Kitchen, and food in Mexico is inexpensive, both in Mexican restaurants and if you prepare your own food.Autres infos...
We are a (mostly) drug and alcohol free house. Yet there are a lot of options to party in the neighborhood.
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What to do locally:
The Bay of Banderas offers surfing, boogie boarding, wind surfing, surf kiting, fishing, turtle egg laying watch, hiking, local markets, artisans, Huichol Indian crafts, sailing and whale watching (November till April) thru contacts in the La Cruz Marina.
In addition the Bay of Banderas offers a network of very affordable local buses, that run every 10 - 15 min, both
* south into Puerto Vallarta and its attractions as a major city with a population of 200,000 people, and
* north into Sayulita (about 60 min each way) and San Pancho (about 90 min each way), which are 2 Mexican tourist destination villages on the Pacific ocean.Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Nombre d'heures attendues
15 hours a week (meals are not included)
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He was really motivated to reorganizing and cleaning up whole rooms!!! Our workshop looks fabulous.
What makes Ricardo special tho is his spiritual nature, the way he thinks and acts in the world. Quite a blessing.
She is sweet. She was always working very hard, up very early, no need to tell her. Nothing.
She just followed the list of tasks provided very diligently, efficiently, and creatively: Faye was the first of over 120 workawayers to clean our tile… read more
It's my first workaway experience and my first time in Mexico, I can't think of a better way to spend a month for the first visit Mexico.
Even before arrival, Lucas welcomed me as a family member. He's chill, easy-going,… read more
They were always ready to lend a helping hand, with a great attitude, very friendly, and most of all, they did a great job!
And... they were really good at walking the two dogs. The dogs were very happy!
In short, Ella and Joshua were delightful to have and be part of the family!!!
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He was really motivated to reorganizing and cleaning up whole rooms!!! Our workshop looks fabulous.
What makes Ricardo special tho is his spiritual nature, the way he thinks and acts in the world. Quite a blessing.
She is sweet. She was always working very hard, up very early, no need to tell her. Nothing.
She just followed the list of tasks provided very diligently, efficiently, and creatively: Faye was the first of over 120 workawayers to clean our tile… read more
It's my first workaway experience and my first time in Mexico, I can't think of a better way to spend a month for the first visit Mexico.
Even before arrival, Lucas welcomed me as a family member. He's chill, easy-going,… read more
They were always ready to lend a helping hand, with a great attitude, very friendly, and most of all, they did a great job!
And... they were really good at walking the two dogs. The dogs were very happy!
In short, Ella and Joshua were delightful to have and be part of the family!!!
Our hosts, Lucas, Terry and Ulla were warm and welcoming, we felt like family from the beginning. Each of them offers different expertise.
Oso and Mana (the doggies) are so special, anyone who gives them a chance will fall in love with them.
The most important thing about this… read more
They are both so curious and open, wanting to learn, to connect, to understand.
Arielle even managed to get Lucas, the intrepid introvert, to answer her questions... That says a lot.
The dogs loved them too, so much so, that Oso felt comfortable to just hang out in the kitchen with… read more
The dogs just loved both of them to pieces... they got so much love and attention and walks!
The Main Kitchen, the floors and even the dark corners could not hide from Bobbi's willingness to keep sending the dust packing.
And the plants! They are looking so good and healthy after Bobbi put a… read more
The town of la Cruz is a fantastic little place full of friendly people.
We miss you all.
Laura and Marco were very easy to work with, as they worked well, diligently, and on time, taking directions very well. Always willing to help out, even outside of their working hours, if needed occasionally.
Marco proved to be… read more
They were both responsible and proactive, hard working workawayers, often noticing tasks and getting them done without needing to be told.
Even if it was outside their official working hours, they were always ready to help out, lend a hand, or run an errand.
At the same… read more
We got along very well with the hosts Terry and Lucas who were easy to communicate with and super nice to us always.
The work they gave us around the hotel was all pretty straight forward with the main… read more
First of all, the dogs Mana and Oso loved them! Very important point.
Both Amber and Edson were great company. We had long chats after work covering many topics.
We also enjoyed cooking together. Foodies love foodies!
In addition Edson and Amber were very diligent… read more
They were also excellent dog walkers. Our dogs just loved to go out with them, and always came home being very happy dogs!
And most importantly - they made the best banana (fully English) pie for my surprise birthday… read more
We were especially happy with how they were able to train Mana, our stubborn dog. She actually improved because of Stijn's previous experiences with dogs.
Thank you very much for all that you brought to the place.
Lucas and Terry are excellent hosts and made sure that we were comfortable and… read more
. They were responsible and good workers.
. They were able to handle the transition from one manager (Ulla) to another (Lucas) and thus create a sense of stability and continuity in a time of some chaos.
. They were friendly and communicated clearly with both Lucas and I.
. They were… read more
I loved our talks covering so many subjects, your creative ways of finding quick solutions to crazy problems, your willingness to help with whatever I… read more
What an amazing experience to have 2 total strangers be even better attuned to my needs than I was...
They love to work. They are very skillful and meticulous in what they do. They are responsible… read more
Sebastian has great carpentry skills and overall problem solving skills, and I did not even take enuf advantage of his carpentry experiences!
And Mel is so sunny and happy... it was fun seeing her enjoy her first… read more
Both of them were such help for me during this labor intensive time of closing down the guesthouse for the off season.
They were willing to do everything I asked them to… read more
I needed a lot of help in areas I am normally not in charge off, and I felt very lucky to have them both here to make these tasks easier to accomplish.
I loved the fact that I could just ask Niko to fix something, and… read more
At this time we only were able to meet Ulla. Despite of her having to take care… read more
Normally we have a team of workawayer to handle the transitions from winter to summer, and then again from summer to winter.
Steve and Anthea had to be Annette's whole team this spring, and they did very well for that. Especially… read more
They helped her build a new mini kitchen for one of our guest rooms in less than a week. It looks gorgeous and the guests love it!
And we definitely benefited from their experience and… read more
That was easy with Monique as a professional housekeeper and Scott with the skills of a professional handyman.
Besides being professionals, they were also creative, and blessed us with 2 bedside table lamps made from old tequila bottles, wooden… read more
For us as two German women hosts growing up in the Cold War era, Irina and Aleks brought us the gift of seeing the Russian culture with completely new eyes - in Mexico.
The combination of their… read more
We spent one of the most memorable months in our life enjoying real Mexican life and outstanding German hospitality, and we never felt so good as workawayers and so cherished as individuals. Annette and Ulla have an… read more
Annette and Ulla are two of the loveliest people you could ever wish to meet. They are so welcoming and make you feel part of their team and not just another workawayer. We had a wonderful 3 months with them and were very sad to leave.
The chores we did was always varied and interesting and never too strenuous. It was at… read more
Ruth and Paul's skills, willingness, expertise, and affability are off the charts.
We had an incredible 3 months with these two hard workers, creative minds, solution finders, who even love cleaning toilets, fix cars, build anything, fix everything, and keep the rest clean and orderly.
They only left 6 hours ago and we… read more
He gave us a mural of a very complex design and colors and shapes... wow!
We highly recommend his artistic skills, if anybody wants some great quality murals as part of the workaway exchange, and wish him all the best for his… read more
In addition to working with them, we enjoyed sharing meals and… read more
Love Love Love the time we Workaway here!
This is our 4th Workaway and it restored our believe with the Workaway scope.
Firstly, the group of volunteers we met there were a wonderful bunch!!!
Gil & Morgan from France, Bengi from DownUnder, Ruth from Spain & Paul from UK, Astrid from Sweden, me from Italy, Vanessa from Cape Town and Annette (our… read more
She left us a mural for the entrance to our workawayer accommodations: a beautiful life size pelican, which was part of her workawayer tasks. such as sewing, cleaning, and organizing the… read more
I felt like home from the first moment, both with Anette, Ulla and the other workawayers.
For the first week I did various task around the property(which is so cute) and for the rest of my time I painted a mural for one of the rooms.
The work… read more
Morgane and Gilles did a great job helping us get ready for the winter season.
They fit into the whole team just perfectly! Everybody enjoyed their company and enjoyed even more the delicious Sunday-pancake-breakfast they prepared for us - yummy!
We… read more
Joanne surprised us with her painting knowledge and skills, and she took on some challenging paint and repair jobs, that made a difference.
Chris is quite a handyman and, amongst many things, helped us by breaking open a wall to turn a window into a door, and by creatively cat… read more
They also enjoyed their time with us, eventho it was during our low season and not much going on in our sleepy summer fishing village.
We wish them all the best for the next… read more
Working with Annette is really easy because she knows how to distribute the work and she is a perfect host.
It has been a pleasure to meet and live with people like them.
If we come back near La Cruz de… read more
Most of our "work" time was dedicated to the making of an upcycled street garden out of old… read more
Cara and Zane were the new workaway bosses and they are really nice to work with. You can feel that they like this place and it… read more
Simon was very good at working with wood and tools, very precise and practical. And Karin was both very creative in painting signs for our kitchen and very supportive in working together with Simon on his wood working… read more
I am so grateful, that Vanessa was insistent on both of them being our workawayer, even when I was feeling… read more
I really enjoyed Loreta's sunny and joyful disposition, and how she kept checking in with me, plus she is such an artistically creative person, and I loved Victor's ability to take on a task and… read more
We couldn't have asked for better hosts for our first workaway experience :)
Annette and ulla were both a delight to be around. From the moment I (ciara) walked through the door I felt an instant connection with Annette as she welcomed me with open arms & over the course of our 5 weeks ,she… read more
Jorgia & Ben were instrumental… read more
The fact, that they had then sold that house in order to travel the world, made them a purrfect fit for our life and work philosophy.… read more
We only met Anette and she is a wonderful person, she does put a lot effort in doing stuf with the workaway crew, going to beaches for sunsets, visiting towns, ....
We loved our time… read more
As compensation for our room we had to do just three hours of general maintainence work (for us it… read more
Thanks again
Charlie & Pip
found them conscientious, detail oriented, willing to offer solutions
without taking control, showing a friendly yet clear demeanor, and a real
delight to have had them stay and work with us for over 2 months.
We definitely found friends for life, thanks to workaway...
Annette is a great host and extremely accommodating -- she really goes out of her way to make sure each Workaway is comfortable,… read more
The place itself is breath taking. I love outdoor-style living! The community kitchen and pool have to be my favorite… read more
In addition to that he was always willing to help when a help hand was needed at the guest house.
We enjoyed having his musical talent around,… read more
This place was an absolute hidden treasure. Ulla, Annete and Andrea were wonderful, kind, caring and just a joy to be around.
It was very hard to leave, but for me "movement is life," so after two months in my enormous tent underneath a Palapa tree and the… read more
experience of working with volunteers, and such a treat.
Not only was he able to help us with the construction project we had in
mind for him - he renovated a bathroom for us. He did a really great job,
was willing to incorporate our wishes and ideas, and was really… read more