Workaway, enjoy and travel in Guatavita, Colombia

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  Description

  Hi Workawayers.. I am Daniel from Bogotá, Colombia... I used to work in a consultant company and I am environmental engineer... I quit my job on November of 2016 to start a new project in my live according to the things I love the most (nature, yoga, climbing, bike, travel, permaculture and agriculture) ... I began traveling by bike through Colombia, from Bogotá to San Agustín and in this travel I started to work the soil and prepare some organic fertilizers and insecticides. Also in this trip I helped building some cob houses and dry toilets... After this trip I enrolled as a volunteer for almost 4 months in a village close to Bogotá, in a organic farm where I had the opportunity to work with more volunteers of workaway and had an amazing time there!!
  I was working and living in my friend's farm in Guatavita for two months helping in a eco glamping project. Then I worked in a beautiful farm in Neusa reservoir close to Bogota planting some native trees and nowadays I am working in a familiar farm located in Pacho Cundinamarca!!
  
  I am working in a project in a family farm in Pacho, where you will probably give me a hand, and we will hopefully share some experiences while you stay here... The main idea is to develop a permaculture environment ... nowadays, this farm has oranges, plantain, banana, avocados, guanabanos, some mangos, guayaba and lemon... but only the oranges and the banana have fruits rigth now and offcourse the idea is to have lots of fruits and vegetables here to provide us with incredible organic food!
  
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  Hola viajeros!! Soy Daniel de Bogotá, Colombia. Soy un ingeniero ambiental que trabajó en consultoría de ingeniería por seis años y decidió aventurarse en el campo y la permacultura, para vivir de una forma más natural y en armonía con el medio ambiente... Fui viajero en mi burrita (bici) por casi tres meses y estuve desde Bogotá, Ibagué, hasta San Agustín, Huila... durante este viaje tuve la oportunidad de hacer voluntariados y trabajar con permacultura y agricultura orgánica... posteriormente fui voluntario- a través de Workaway durante casi cuatro meses; posteriormente abrí esta página para trabajar la tierra de un amigo y empezar un nuevo proyecto de Glamping en Guatavita... finalmente mi mamá y unas tías decidieron comprar una tierrita en Pacho, Cundinamarca... donde quiero llevar a cabo un proyecto de permacultura... Así que los espero por aquí ... Bienvenidos!!
  
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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You will be able to interact with Colombian people who love nature. I am a Yoga teacher who practice daily (or almost daily) so we can do some yoga together, cook some vegetarian food, travel around Pacho spots and enjoy the nature landscapes around the area. We can exchange ideas, experiences and help each other to live in a better world where all of us can live as a happy family!!!
  
  Cob construction.
  Wood construction.
  Organic and happy farm ;)

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  Help

  Travellers who came to Pacho can help me: organizing the space, building some eco-buildings like dry toilets or seedbeds, plant nursery, also you can help me with gardening, farming, among other duties that the farm needs to be done. Not all is work, we can hike in the nearby areas so you can enjoy an amazing landscape full of mountains where some native indigenous used to live!
  
  The project is really important for me and the environment itself because it's a beautiful and quiet spot where the soil was not that good and I am feeding it with compost so the pants have all the minerals they need to grow strong. With this project I want to show locals how they can live in a friendly activity and have their "pancoger" or their "autonomy" over food so they can start their own vegetable garden and start growing a local organic market!

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  German: Beginner
  French: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  I would like to learn arabic, practice my english, learn french and german
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  Accommodation

  Nowadays as the project is just begining you will need to have your own tent and preferible a sleeping bag too. The three meals are going to be included and we can cook for each others!!

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  What else ...

  Workawayers can do some trek around the area, enjoy nature, go to Pacho town and surroundings, etc..
  
  There are three buses that come here every day ($9.000 COP) ... one came at the morning, the other at midday and the last one at the evening... I will be there with my moto and when my mom is around here we will have a car available!
  
  :D Thanks for applying and if you have any questions don't hesitate in writing me!!
  
  Cheers!!

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  I don't have Internet on the farm but can share Wi-Fi from my cellphone if needed. If you have a modem or a SIM card, here only works TIGO very good, the others are not that good.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  There is plenty of space for parking in the farm. And we have restrooms and laundry room so you can take a bath and wash your clothes.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Dogs preferible than cats.... Only if they can see chikens and other birds without hunting them.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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