Mihael Keehl

I have lived in an Ashram for 5 years which was great but ultimately not my life purpose. I moved to Ecuador recently in now I am living in a beautiful ecovillage called Terra Frutis, located in the jungle. It is awesome.

Terra Frutis in Ecuador. I moved here in September and love it.

I live in a community in the jungle, help to plant a fruit forest to become self-sufficient and inspire other people to check out this healthy and sustainable way of live. I have written a post about this here:

There are a lot of insects here of course. But it is not as bad as I have imagined it before coming here. You get used to it quickly. Yes, spiders are common. Sometimes I see a brazilian wandering spider. They look quite majestic and have one of the most painful bites in the world. A lot of cockroaches. I only saw a snake once. People say that they encounter a snake maybe once in 3 months, if you are working on the land a lot. It is possible to encounter venemous snakes that can be dangerous. The most annoying insects are small biting flies. They are mostly active in the morning and I usually encounter them during work in the field. You can avoid them for the most part by wearing long sleeved shirts during this time. Bullet ants are not uncommon as well.

The long term people here say that the best time to visit is January to March because this is the season when we have the most amount of delicious fruits.

I have not experienced this being a problem here. It seems to me that the people here are doing a good job.

I don't think anyone here hates Elon. I sense a craving for animal protein sometimes. This is one of the reasons why I have started to build my own shelter just outside of the Terra Frutis property. There, I can eat whatever I want. Interestingly, I have had the idea of buying land here but it does not make much sense to me anymore. Why would I spend a lot of time and energy to buy land if I can instead just go find a nice place in the wild jungle and start building? No one cares. And when I eventualy start living and sleeping there, I will still be very close to the community center (5-7 minute walk away). Here is a picture of the initial structure that I am building. It is not ready yet and I am experimenting a lot. I have no prior experience with building shelters. It is so much fun to build this. It feels like the jungle is a gigantic, beautiful, living playground.

@SimpleGuy How would you want to live if you get rich? If I was rich, I would probably still live here. I would just travel more often.

I have discovered a few waterfalls not too far away from here.

I dont think such a place exists, where everyone is at a similar frequency and growing at the same rate except for a monestary maybe. I have found a good balance here. I can go into the jungle and work on my own projects (right now I am building a small shelter outide the community property). If I want to be around other people, then I can just go to the community center.

Of course you can join! Just go to the website and fill out the application/questionnaire. https://www.terrafrutis.com/member-call-out/ Yes, we have internet here. Starlink.

Seems like the Ayahuasca vine is also growing around here

I recently found out that there is morning glory growing here

I love sugarcane too. We are making sugarcane juice almost everyday . There are at least a dozen mango trees around here. They do grow here, but not as good as other trees like jackfruit, marang or durian. That was a big moth on the picture, I like them. I saw a huge grasshopper the other day too, he was eating a hole into a towel xD.

@Princess Arabia here are some more pictures