LEMURIAN EMBASSY DIARIES VIII

The very latest on building on a dream in the Mayan jungle of Mexico

24 Nov 2015

Some aerial UAV photography of Lemurian Embassy as of September 2015! — A bird’s eye view on the Lemurian Embassy in the heart of the Mayan jungle of Yucatan. Aerial UAV photography, September 2015.

Something that started as dream in 2012 became true in 2015. Countless amounts of sweat and incredible work have been put into this project, with friends and people from all over the globe coming to this little corner of the Mayan Jungle of Yucatan to experience living without technology and all the comforts of industrialised society, and reliving the ancestral way…

Way to go Lemurians!

Rainy season has blessed us with green abundance! As you can see in the photograph above, the cleared areas are kept to a minimum in order to protect the delicate rainforest. The only cleared area is a very small plot to grow our food and the main entrance. The trees also give us great shade!

The past weeks have been extremely busy in the Embassy, as we have been planting over 100 fruit trees donated to us by our neighbor, Oasis Eco Village.

The Lemurian Embassy will remain open for the volunteering program. A group of friends is staying and taking over operations, while I am working in the US in order to keep investing in the Lemurian Embassy.

Photography and text by Guillermo Alarcon

Slowly pathways getting covered with rocks and gravel. — Slowly pathways are getting covered with rocks and gravel.

Volunteers making lunch using some of our home grown organic veggies.

The primary method of cooking in Lemurian Embassy for 2 years its been straight up wood fire, camping style! Since the latest kitchen renovations, the kitchen stove has been designed to have 2 pots and a tortilla heat up pan, it's original design is a traditional Mayan style ( fogon ) which uses the exact method of a new age rocket stove. Excited to finally use it!! — Inside the kitchen at the Lemurian Embassy, Mexico.

The primary method of cooking in Lemurian Embassy for 2 years has been straight up wood fire, camping style! Since the latest kitchen renovations, the kitchen stove has been designed to have 2 pots and a tortilla heat-up pan. The original design is a traditional Mayan style (fogon) which uses the exact method of a new age rocket stove. Excited to finally use it!!

Artwork on the cob walls inside the kitchen.

We are building a banana circle using water gravity to irrigate the bananas and the papaya trees! We are recapturing the kitchen sink water to reuse for irrigating the fruit trees along the kitchen!

What is a proper human Mexican meal without the good old beans! Our frijoles are growing strong and soon will be gifting us with its mystical flavors. — Bean plants growing at the Lemurian Embassy.

What is a proper human Mexican meal without the good old beans! Our frijoles are growing strong and soon they will be gifting us with their mystical flavors.

We believe in sacred agriculture, garden beds inspired by conscious design, using spirals, crop circles, sacred geometry and more! Here we have planted a subtropical exotic fruit called anona, native to Yucatan, the subtropics of America and the West Indies.

Look at how big the ‪#‎papaya‬ trees are getting! Started from seeds now becoming stronger and stronger. — Look at how big the ‪papaya‬ trees are getting! They started from seeds and they are now becoming stronger and stronger.

What you see in for picture is the Lemurian pathways with bean vines, utilizing every space available and closer to the Central matrix, basic principle of permaculture zoning. Left background is the new meditation hall palapa, about to be soon completed, mosquito meshing on the outer central circular windows and last a concrete polish floor. — What you see in for picture is the Lemurian pathways with bean vines, utilizing every space available and closer to the Central matrix, basic principle of permaculture zoning. Left background is the new Meditation Hall Palapa, about to be soon completed, mosquito meshing on the outer central circular windows and last a concrete polish floor.

Our organic vegetables home grown at Lemurian Embassy. — Our organic vegetables home grown at the Lemurian Embassy.

This is my finished home palapa view finally my own private room. — This is the view from my finished home palapa, finally my own private room.

With all the rainy season, the milpa corn is growing beautifully!

Meditation hall palapa foundation almost completed. — Meditation Hall Palapa: the foundation is almost completed.

Watermelons‬ ‪‎vines‬ are starting to form over this spiral permaculture design garden bed, fortifying its growth. In just a few months we will be enjoying various delicious watermelons!! — Watermelons‬ ‪‎vines‬ are starting to form over this spiral permaculture design garden bed, fortifying its growth. In just a few months, we will be enjoying various delicious watermelons!

In Lemurian Embassy, we are growing around 30 Chaya plants, a superfood grown native in the Yucatán and in southern Mexico! Chaya contains one of the highest nutrients found in the veggie kingdom. Now with the rainy season upon us, we hope to maximize the growth production of Chaya and to hopefully eat Chaya 3 times a day in our daily meals.

Getting the land ready for permaculture farming, — Getting the land ready for permaculture farming.

Planted this banana tree 2 years ago, it's growing beautifully strong and has given us banana already twice! Sometimes we use the banana leafs to roll our own organic tobacco that we are growing as well!

We planted this banana tree two years ago. It’s growing beautifully strong and it has given us bananas twice already! Sometimes we use the banana leaves to roll our own organic tobacco, which we are growing as well!

This is Brujita (aka Melissa) from Tijuana, Mexico. She has been with us for few months now, helping so much with our gardens. Here she is watering an array of new organic corn native to the Yucatan! Way to go brujita you rock!!! — This is Brujita (aka Melissa) from Tijuana, Mexico. She has been with us for few months now, and helps so much with our gardens. Here she is watering an array of new organic corn native to the Yucatan! Way to go Brujita, you rock!!!

Acelgas - Chard growing array organically in our permaculture garden. Chard is a powerful antioxidant, eliminating free radicals. This super food contains more iron than the famous spinach, and has a strong content of potassium, magnesium and calcium. — An array of *Acelgas* or *Chard* growing organically in our permaculture garden. Chard is a powerful antioxidant, eliminating free radicals. This super food contains more iron than the famous spinach, and has a strong content of beneficial ingredients such as potassium, magnesium and calcium.

Lemurian in the Volunteering Palapa. — Lemurian inside the Volunteering Palapa.

Mango, Mango... can't wait! — Mango, Mango… Can’t wait!

Building a home isn't an easy task. When you think it's finished, there are thousands of smaller things that are crucial, like making this doorway barrier to propel insects our of our human nest. — Making my own insect windows and doors.

Building a home isn’t an easy task. Just when you think it’s finished, there are thousands of smaller things that are crucial – like making this doorway barrier to propel insects out of our human nest.