La Cuevita

Casa
Mexico
Buenavista
La Cuevita

Raphael and Morgane welcome you in this beautiful place we built ourself with friends and volunteers. You can book your night with us here or on airbnb.
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This Unique Dome is gonna make you live an unforgotable experience ! Come also join our events !

14/09/2024

🥳 Didn't we say that we have a surprise to show you ?

Meanwhile we finished the Domo, we also worked so much to make this studio happen 💪

Raph sweat all the water of his body to finish the wood, inside and outside, he also did a great job with the furnitures 🤩
Big thank you for the help of Gilles Vdb and his parents for the wooden structure and windows of the building too 🙏

It all happened in less than a month 😱 Working countless hours, ignoring exhaust and mosquitos. But definitely worth it 👌

On the pictures you can see, from the very beginning of the building to a fresh Wooden " Cuarto Maracuyá"

➡️ Cuarto Maracuyá is now available to rent on Airbnb 🥰 : https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1150246913511397310?viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

20/06/2024

FINALLY !!!! WE MADE IT 🤩

It took us a lot of time and energy to accomplish this dream ! A dream impossible to come true without the help of ALL of our friends and new friends that came along the way !!!! ❤️ BIG Thank you !!

You can see now the photos of the Dome, totally finished : kitchen modernly equipped, Aircon, spacious bathroom, comfortable bedroom, sofa, roof terrace and terranda ☀️

We constantly had to change our plans, do undo and redo, a lot of sweat, tears, frustration, but also a lot determination, energy, dream and love !

We have learned so much about construction !

For now, the Dome is on Airbnb plateform if you wish to stay in this paradise of Buenavista : https://www.airbnb.fr/rooms/1114650412547420470?guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=5a530055-d5bb-4c9c-b4f5-e98e4c5f539d

Keep following for more updates 😜

18/06/2024

🚩 Update 🚩 🤩
Happy to introduce you to the Terranda !!

It was a big struggle to build as we choose the keep the goyava tree inside and to make the roof suits the dome... Square and round don't go together ... it s physics but we did it anyway 😅

Finished results are stunning : More space to receive people and enjoy the garden ! Full mosquito net protection and access to the window and the bar 😍

Thank you to Joel, who helped us at first, then Lise and Oliver our friends that gave a lot of their energy on that one too ! 💪

15/06/2024

🌴 Some news from the Caraibes !

A few pictures to show you some evolution of the closing of the land !

The very first years, we closed it with barbwire (thanks to Nico Frd) , then with wooden plank (Ivan, Pepe, Momo) and poles and finally we update it with an amazing gate 😍 ( Metal frame by Gilles Vdb and wood by Raph !

It definitely gives a finished touch to the land ! 💪

19/04/2024

[Step 4]

The incredible wood frame work (believe it, working hard tropical wood is real challenge 💪) made by Igors Lurins that connect the inside mezzanine to the outside terrasse throught the walls, got finally finished this year !
It turns out to become a super chill spot to have breakfast, Apero or watch the sunset and birds 😍

We also had to cover the stairs, as the heavy rain deteriorated them and made them softer and slipery. We choose thoses briques tiles to add a little European touch ! 😊

14/04/2024

[ STEP 3 ]

In Mexico, it is ordinary to use a septic tank called Rotoplast. It does bring a smell and you ll have to empty it throught the time.

We choose not to use this method but instead : Ecologic septic tank with phytosanitary plants 🍌
The water from toilets and from shower are separated in 2 differents space. At that point, the bacterias start to digest and decomposed the materials into plants nutrients.
Banana trees, Chia (kind of local spinach), lemongrass and others plants are enjoying their rich soil on the land 🌴

08/04/2024

[ Etape 2 ]

Après avoir monter le Dome, le moment le plus long arriva : Notre ami l'enduit 😏

Il nous aura fallu 15 jours pour monter les murs mais 2 mois pour tout enduire à l'interieur et à l'exterieur !!
Premières couches melangées de terre et de fibre de coco, puis mélange de sable, chaux et sascab (genre de calcaire local) 🥵

Le résultat est incroyable !! 💪
Encore bravo à toute l'équipe et aux volontaires qui nous ont rejoins pour terminer ❤️

08/04/2024

[ Etape 1]

Retour sur le début de cette aventure..
et quelle aventure ! 💪

Etablir l'équilibre entre les matériaux, remplir les sacs, les tasser... transpirer, avoir soif, les moutisques, mais être entouré d'amis qui se réunissent pour apprendre et réaliser un rêve ❤️

Merci a toute la banda💕

23/06/2023

👋 Long time no post !

We are so happy to show you some pictures of this session 🤗

Short time but a loooooot of work, under the heat ☀️🥵
We did full fungus cleaning of the Dome, inside mezzanine, and ask a local artisan to do the kitchen as its quiet difficult to follow the shape of the Dome for furnitures 😅 so many details that we always forgot and take hours to do !!

We had a lot of fun to paint the toilets, and choose to ask a professional to do the showers ( tropical vibes, it looks great 🤩)

Nevertheless, we experienced a sad situation with a "professional" that was building the second floor of the bodega... after the columns installed and plastered... he left without notice, unfinished !!!!!😭
We were willing to show you the bedroom made of wood, as a surprise ... guess it s gonna be next year !

ALSOOO, we finally could spend our first nights inside and enjoy the aircon 🌠

The dome is being cared by Javier and Marie , our friends since we arrived in Buenavista !

BiG BIG thank you to all the building crew from last year ❤ without you nothing would have been possible. Thank you to all of our friends who came even for a day to sweat with us 🤩
We are more than grateful to be surrounded y amazing people !!!!

DREAMS COME TRUE , FOLLOW THEM 😜

19/05/2023

🌴 We also deserve some rest 😎

We discovered the end of the laguna with Joel (our friend that help us a lot through all the process of living and building here in Buenavista).
It is really tropical and wild, like Amazonia ! We even saw turtles !! Crocodiles were hidden at the time of the day, but we could sens them around 🐊

And also sail around the Birds Island, were flamingos welcomed us.

Thank you Marina for your precipus help 🙏❤

More infos coming soon about the constructions.. !!! ( kitchen is on it's way, and toilets got some refreshing colors touch 😜)

13/05/2023

🌵 Hola Hola 🌵

Time has been well used and after sweating a lot to take off this big fungy guy all around the dome, we had to waterproof it all over again !

In May, humidity is getting stronger and stronger as hurricane season is coming soon 💨
To protect the open areas of the dome, we created little cap all over them :)

AND finally we could start what we were excited to begin : THE PINE WOOD MEZZANINE 😍
Easier to say than to do though.. the wood was all curved from humidity and not even cut right initially by the business 😅. We re so glad that Marina came join us to help for this session ❤

The dome is now all clean, mezzanine set up, doors and windows fixed.. on our way to do to the kitchen 😜

11/05/2023

☀️We are back !!! ☀️

A lot has been happening since, but to share with you some details we sold the vocho last year to upgrade to another car that actually drive safe 😂

The photos show the very first minutes we arrived on the land and discovered the dome FULL of fungy due to the tropical area and it's high humidity level and rainy season. 😮

After that many months away, we actually were expecting more damages and were nicely surprised to see that the plants grew fast and strong on the ecological tank 😍

To be continued..

23/10/2022

[ 📸 some news from Cuevita ]

After the rainy season, all the plants grew up fast and strong. We are having our first fruits out of the natural septic tank !!! 🍌

The Dome itself got a bit of fungus here and there due to humidy, but we will treat it again once we are back. We also discovered a few cracks on the building.. that really scared us, fortunately more fear than damage :)

🙌Thanks to Camille and Peter for the pictures and visit

24/09/2022

💫7 months have passed since the beginning of the Dome's construction. Time is flying, it feels like yesterday.
We received this photo that had recently been developed 💜

We are so grateful for all the help of our friends and theses weeks living all together😍

Rainy season will come soon to an end, and we will be back for more adventure !!

[ picture : 2 layers of sand, earth and coconut fiber later... smiles and sweat 😄 ]

27/03/2022

We are really proud to show you a little video of the Dome when we were closing it ! 😍 ( Credit to Ben )

Thank you again to our beautiful team 💪

The last day with the crew we did the first layer of plastering and today finished the stairs ...pictures to come ..

Also today is special day as it is Raph's birthday 🥳🥳🥳
We are preparing a nice party at the Dome....keep you updated 😘

16/03/2022

🥳 Today we CLOSED the dome !!!!

15 days of hardwork with all crew 💪

A lot of emotions at the very last top bag 😊

Nevertheless, work is still in progress !! Tomorrow we will be starting the plaster, and we still have some stairs and wood construction to do 😜

Thank you to all the TEAM member, we have no word for all this beautiful energy we are sharing together ❤️

13/03/2022

Celebrating a big sunny day hard working 😎 coming to the end.. 😍

So grateful for this team ❤️

🎶who build the dome- we build the dome 🎶 😂

09/03/2022

It's becoming high...!! 😜

We have 3 news Team members freshly arrived 😎
Thank you to Mattias and Ben to join us now!
Thanks all the crew for all the energy !!!

The last member is Pepita the dog 🐶 ❤️

04/03/2022

🙌 Also to share with you the work of today ! 💪

Diego on the left, build the natural septic tank 🌳
Lilo is missing on this picture too but will be soon on it again ;) ❤️

Thank you to our beautiful team.

📸 More photos will be posted at the end of the workshop ( from beginning to end )

04/03/2022

🏜️ Breaking News - septic tank installation 🏜️

To follow our values of lifestyle and protect nature ( in Mexico, Biodigestor is used - just the name is bio ..- all organics material and everyday cleanings water go to this tank and back to earth.. contaminating it) , we choose the option of natural septic tank ! 🌳

Diego and his Team teached us how to build it, and which plants can grow on it ( yes we can eat the fruits and leaves out of it 😋)

Happy to have our garden full of bananas and medicinal plants ready 😍

26/02/2022

This how we do 😜🌞

No word to thanks everyone. The particip-friends are all learning very fast and giving 200% of energy even under all the Caribbean conditions 🙌

For a Purpose Team is incredible !! Djo , Igor and Wouter are amazing teachers, and thanks to them we could make everything happen ! ❤️

✅ www.for-a-purpose.com

26/02/2022

It s going so fast 🤩💪

We couldnt have dream of better team 😍

Still a lot to do, and soon learning more about technical stuff with professor Djo 😎

23/02/2022

Today was the first day workshop about LEARNING HOW TO BUILD YOUR EARTHBAG DOME 😍

On the morning , we went through the theory part and security guidelines 🌈

After a really good lunch by the laguna, construction started 🤩

What a team, what a Day !!!! 💪

Thank you to all the particip-friends 🙏

17/02/2022

It s going good 👍 even if the land looks like a warzone 😊

✅ Installation of the first part of the door of " la bodega " thanks to Igor the welder 🙏 Soon the building with toilets and showers will be done

✅Day-6 before the workshop starts !!! We are watering the ground to do good foundation for the Dome

✅ Big machine is digging a hole for our natural septic tank

We are getting ready for the workshop to start, exciting experience 🥳

12/02/2022

🌈 Preparing the workshop before the participants arrive !!
It s happening in 10 days !!!! 😍

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Dirección

VQG5+X4
Buenavista
77923

Página web

https://www.airbnb.fr/rooms/1114650412547420470?check_in=2024-04-12&check_out=2024-04-13&guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_s

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