The space
If you require comforts like A/c and hot water, supermarkets and restaurants and western convenience this is not the place for you.
The Cabin is located atop a hill, 50ft above and 100ft away from the main house on our property Casa Tortuga (Turtle House)
The 2 hectares of our land around the cabin is full with fruit trees and plants, birds and butterflies.
The Cabin sits facing SW and with the islands central mountain peak in the distance and undisturbed land in-between, at night the sky is filled with stars and in the day birds and butterflies. With a sea view behind the cabin it is just a 5 minute walk from the small fishing village, and even less to the sea.
The Cabin was once wood but nature ate that and so we have now replaced it with more block then wood.
With a large patio/balcony out front to relax with hammocks, chairs and tables.
The central bedroom has 2 double beds in and each bed has a small cabinet and drawers beside it.
Running entirely of solar, but with a generator for emergencies the cabin has both a standing fan and wall fan dedicated to each bed. Mosquito nets are available also and water bottle is beside each bed.
Down 3 steps through a doorway takes you into the next room where to the left there is basic kitchen and small freezer that works as a fridge, and a large window hatch that enables you to pass food and drink to the patio outside. In the center a small table and another bunk bed against the wall.
To the right a door leading into the bathroom and shower.
There is no water heater but a hot water shower can be had upon request in the outdoor shower if it's a sunny day.
The kitchen
The Kitchen is Vegetarian.and is quite basic but effective.
There is a sink in the corner with shelves for storage underneath and above.
A small chest freezer works as a fridge as it automatically turns off at night or when the sun is away and the batteries get too low.
A blender that can be used in
the daytime and a gas stove with 6 ring burner.
All the kitchen pots and pans and cutlery were bought new and dedicated to the cabin so have been kept totally free of any contamination of meat products.
There is also another set available for Vegans free of ever being used with animal products.
We are hoping to build an Adobe style pizza wood oven outside in the near future but for now have a barbeque area close by fire pit for slow cooking things like beans and pulses etc
We do not have other electric toys as we run on solar power (but do have a generator for emergencies or special occasions).
The water comes from the island well and is pumped up from 150ft below the islands bedrock to the village tank and then every other day is sent ( as long as the village solar pump gets enough sun)
up our hill into the tanks that combined hold 2500 gallons of water and then gravity fed to the kitchen.
The water is clean as it's basically mineral water but in the kitchen there is still a water filter on one tap for the extra peace of mind of our guests.
Other things to note
You will need to pay for boat to reach the island.
The price will vary depending on how many people, boats coming and going anyway that day and time of day. Toy
A private boat with up to 6 people costs
$70 The price can be shared if others are crossing also.
