Mayan Immersion Update.

Firstly this week we would like to say a big thank you to John G for his awesome donation, as well as Axell. It really means a lot to us to know that people are supporting us and the Mayan Immersion idea.

What about the Mayan Immersion Bags?

As you know one of the products we are most passionate about are the Mayan Immersion bags. We sew a border onto a square of material then we embroider the Mayan Immersion logo on the side. It is then knotted at the opposing corners to make a very stylish and rustic bag.

Why are the Mayan Immersion bags so important?

In a word plastic, there is too much of it we want to give people a viable alternative to using plastic bags. The problem is they don’t want to carry a big bag around with them. So the Mayan Immersion bag can be folded into a small bag or even put into a pocket and then opened up to put more things in.

With one of these bags you will be able to say “sin bolsa plastico, por favor” whenever you buy anything in Mexico. What does “sin bolsa plastico, por favor” mean “no plastic bag, thank you.”

Making the Mayan Immersion bags. So the bags are useful, they protect the environment but there is one other key ingredient to the Mayan Immersion bags. We want them to be produced locally, by local people with local materials.

The cloth we have sourced from a local shop but they just don’t make the type of material we want right here in the Yucatan so it comes in. Then we take the material over to the Mayan farm when they aren't being the most fantastic hosts for our Mayan Immersion tours they make the bags to help give them an additional income.

Visiting the Mayan Family.

This week we went over to the farm to take the material for the first big load. There are a few different colours of material, borders and thread. We have given here instructions of how we want it to look but most importantly we want her to make it her own by putting her creativity and style into it.

They took us to an area near where they live that we have never been to before a lovely secluded and peaceful lagoon, there was a very high “Mira Dor” or look out tower and an eating area. This could be a great place to come and spend the night for one of our Mayan Immersion 24 hour tours.

We also bought some of their European honey. The Melipona they keep haven’t been producing as much honey recently. This is a worrying trend that is happening across the Yucatan. The introduction of European bees, large scale agriculture, destruction of habitat and construction projects are having a devastating effect on the Millepona bee population in the region. So better buy all the Melipona honey you can now before there is no more left. Don’t worry about it going off because it never goes bad. The best before date is forever.

While we were out exploring around the Mayan farm the mother carried a lovely shoulder slung bag that I thought looked great. It is rustic and traditional so we have ordered 5 of those as well. What we have done.

Materials for the Mayan Immersion Bag to The family.

More honey.

Found a great Camping location for our tours.

Another style of bag.