Gardeners wanted

We have a rustic 'tambo' or jungle cabin standing empty on our 2 hectare (5 acre) piece of land with beautiful views over 'la laguna' (the lake). There is a small kitchen and a bathroom with warm shower as well.

While we cannot offer a salary we would be interested in a single person or couple coming to live in the tambo, designing a vegetable garden and beginning to work building some raised beds.

Machu Picchu revisited

After working for ten weeks in the USA it was good to take a break and travel with Lourdes and friends Karen, Malcolm and Evelyn to first spend time with our peruvian family in Lima and then travel to Cusco where the highlight was a return to the magnificent site of Machu Picchu.

It is always an incredible experience despite the throngs of tourists and the fact that we have been there many times before.

Welcome new volunteers to 'Estrella de Sauce'.

Our new volunteer Evelyn travelled with us up to Machu Picchu recently

We now have four volunteers with a widely spaced age range.  Mirjam and Luka are both 18 years old and come from Germany.  Luka will be with us one year and Mirjam until February.  They are already both very enthusiastic about living in this tropical place with its culture so very different from their home country.  Luka is from Muhlheim and Mirjam is from Donau-Eschen.

Evelyn is 50 years old and comes from Switzerland.  She has worked with special-needs children for many years so will be of great help in our program for children with 'habilidades differentes' as we say in Spanish.  She plans to stay 6 months with us.

Malcolm

Evelyn

Malcolm will only be with us for 3 weeks.  He is a handyman so will be helping me with my various construction projects and ongoing repairs on our sailing catamaran.  He is 77 years old and attended the same Waldorf school as me in Kings Langley Hertfordshire UK so we have a lot to talk about.

Luka

Mirjam

Lakeside cottage available for rent

This beautiful wooden lakeside 'casita' with a traditional palm-thatch roof is a self-contained 2 storey structure with a bedroom containing two single beds that can be pushed together to make a king size upstairs.  It has big french doors that can be opened up to get a magnificent view of Laguna Sauce and there are balconies front and back.

Downstairs there is a small kitchen/living room and a bathroom with warm shower.  Another big balcony surrounds the downstairs area and is a great place to hang a hammock.

It is located about 25 feet back from the lakeshore, is very private and is fully equipped with towels, sheets, cooking utensils etc.

Please contact me for daily, weekly or monthly rental rates.

martinstevens@juno.com