Experiencing a farm stay near Puerto Arista, Chiapas, Mexico

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  Description

  Project we are looking forward to do :
  *Carpentry skills such 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 on anything that involves beehive
  
  *Assisting my husband to build a cabaña and a garage
  
  * DIY / Construction help. That would involve bricks, cement, and wood.
  
  
  Hello we are mix family : Ritney from Indonesia, Luch from Italy and two boys Niko 12yo and Leon 7yo. We have 2 dogs, many cats, flock of chickens and 3 goats.
  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.
  
  I require minimum of 2 weeks stay , so that we can finish a project.
  We expect 3 hours help/day in the morning no later than 8am before it gets too hot, 5 days a week. Saturday and Sunday is your free day.
  You will be responsible for acquiring your own food. That being said, when we have extra food such fresh fish, fresh eggs, fruits, fresh milk...etc we would be happy to share. We will take you to the supermarket/fruit and vegetables market with our car once a week so you can do your groceries.
  
  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.
  This area also surrounded by mango plantations.
  
  In general the weather here is hot. Even during the rainy season can be humid hot. After all it's a seaside town.
  November to January is warm during the day and cooler in the night. The beach is at it best during this time, Calmer.
  February to 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. May is humid hot with little rain.
  June is start the rainy season until October.
  
  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.
  
  Please note when you enter Mexico at the border crossing just mention: vacation!
  Never mention: work away or volunteering.
  Otherwise they'll deny you entry.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  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.

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  Aide

  Sometimes we don't have any creative project in mind or rather most of projects listed already completed, but the farm still running and in need of maintenance such:
  * Bushes / trees/ branches clearance around the property, 3 hours of physical demanding. For some this can be boring but for us is very essential, highly appreciated and such a big help
  
  *Wooden fence fixing, to keep the cows inside the property.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Indonesian: Courant
  Italien: Courant

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  Hébergement

  You'll be staying in a share house with other work away. It's a large room with equipped kitchen and bathroom attached . There is fridge, pots and pan etc and washing machine. There is 1 king size bed and 1 matrimonial size bed.
  We can accommodate family too!
  
  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 reliant 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.

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  Autres infos...

  Our rancho is located in the countryside. There are 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 30 pesos 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

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Espace pour garer des 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. Our dogs are very territorial when they see another dog in the property thus we can't accept workawayer with pets.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Mes animaux

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