Gautama Reddy

India
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Travelling
Activities i am interested in:
Started Backpacking from Brazil - Peru - Colombia - Guatemala
My next destination:
United States - from Dec 2023
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Namaste / Ola / Hello / Oi !!!

Originário da Índia. Morava no Rio de Janeiro desde outubro de 2020. Sim; Desembarquei no Brasil em plena Pandemia de Visto de Trabalho. Apaixonou-se pela Natureza e Montanhas do Brasil. Conheci pessoas de diferentes cidades durante minhas Trilhas/Caminhadas. As pessoas foram muito receptivas e simpáticas. Isso mudou minha mente e tomei a decisão de tirar longas férias do meu trabalho regular e explorar o Brasil. Estou muito curioso para conhecer novas pessoas e aprender sua cultura. Afinal; é apenas uma vida. Então, vivendo minha vida sob minhas próprias regras.

Eu amo fotografia e até mesmo voar drone como águia. Adoro cozinhar comida. Passo mais tempo na cozinha do que em qualquer outro lugar. Também comecei um canal no youtube depois de me apaixonar pelo Brasil. Crio vídeos e mostro a beleza do Brasil para o resto do mundo. Então me mostre sua cultura. Eu estou vindo.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gautama_reddy/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GautamaReddy
Comida: Vegetariana (Não Vegana). Eu consumo Leite/ Manteiga/ Ghee.
Vacina: Todas as 4 doses de Vacina Covid + Febre Amarela + H1N1
Fumar: NÃO
Drogas: NÃO
Beber: Amo Whiskey / Cachaça (somente ocasionalmente)
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Originated from India. Used to Live in Rio de Janeiro since October 2020. Yes; I landed in Brazil in middle of Pandemic on Work Visa. Fell in love with Nature and Mountains of Brazil. Met people from different cities during my Trilhas/Hiking. People were very welcoming and nice. This changed my mind and took a decision to take a long vacation from my regular job and explore the Brazil. I am very curious to meet new people and learn their culture. After all; its just one life. So living my life under my own rules.

I love photography and even fly drone like eagle. Love cooking food. I spend more time in Kitchen than elsewhere. I also started a youtube channel after falling in love with Brazil. I create videos and show the beauty of Brazil to rest of the world. So show me your culture. I am coming.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gautama_reddy/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GautamaReddy
Food: Vegetarian (Not Vegan). I do consume Milk/ Butter/ Ghee.
Vaccine: All 4 doses of Covid Vaccine + Yellow Fever + H1N1
Smoking: NO
Drugs: NO
Drinking: Love Whiskey / Cachaça (Occasionally only)
Interests
Team sports
Movies & TV
Events & social
Pets
Sustainability
Self development
Farming
Charity work
Gardening
Languages
Hitchhiking
Outdoor activities
Plant care
Technology
Vegetarian or vegan
Videography
Nature
Photography
Mountain
Hiking

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Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Intermediate
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Art Projects
DIY and building projects
Some knowledge of:
Eco Projects
Gardening
Teaching
Able to teach about:
Languages
Being an elderly companion
Life at a Farmstay
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Charity Work
More details about your skills
Photography
Video Editing
Media Organizing
Hiking
Camping
Wildlife
Cooking
Driving
Sense of Humor
Age
32
What else ...
Em troca do meu tempo e ajuda como você pede. Peço intercâmbio cultural. Mostre-me sua cultura e cidade. Mesmo se você não puder cozinhar; Eu não tenho nenhum problema. Eu posso cozinhar a comida e mostrar minhas habilidades culinárias.

Então vamos compartilhar e aprender juntos.
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In exchange of my time and help as you request. I ask for cultural exchange. Show me your culture and city. Even if you cannot cook; I have no problem. I can cook the food and show my culinary skills.

So let's share and learn together.
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- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  No
- Special dietary requirements
  Vegetarian. (Not Vegan)

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25 Nov 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Admin support for our ...)

Wooow. What a magical place !!!
Due to my unpredictable schedules, I could stay only for 5 days. But these 5 days were equivalent to 50 days of experience.
Brienne and Wendy welcomed me and showed me around the Villa. Mark my words; the place is magical. I fell in love as soon I arrived.

Work: 5/5. My job was to photograph their events and the… read more

(Excellent )

16 Nov 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Join us and help out at our ...)

Wow, what a stunning place in the heart of the Santa Ana.
This Hostel was recommended through a friend and I explained how Volunteering project is done.

Nataly and Mario were the kindest hosts I had so far. They were very flexible with the work.
Since there was a change in the management, they wanted to help them in creating the new webpages… read more

(Excellent )

29 Oct 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Help teach English to ...)

After a year of travelling across continents, my heart felt very satisfied after staying with this family. Violeta and her Daughter (Camila) were extremely generous people I came across. I was part of their family and they treated me the same. I never felt like an outsider. They live in the paradise of the city and near to Cristo Picacho. Trust… read more

(Excellent )

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25 Nov 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Admin support for our ...)

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16 Nov 2023

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(Excellent )

29 Oct 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Help teach English to ...)

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29 Sep 2023

Left by host (Help me create content for my ...) for Workawayer (Gautama Reddy)

Gautama was a great volunteer, he was very responsible and always looking forward to help me out with everything I needed. He is also a great cook and keep the house clean and organized.

He is also very good with everything related to photography and video and he helped me out using his own equipment.

Gautama you can come back any time you… read more

(Excellent )

24 Sep 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Help me create content for my ...)

Diego is one of my best hosts I met till date. He is Kind, Friendly Gentleman. After my 6 months of travelling in the Amazonas, I could finally recover my energy and strength at this place. I stayed here for nearly 2 weeks. Working with Diego was super fun and easy. We used to work on his DIY projects and make videos. I was provided with a private… read more

(Excellent )

14 Sep 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Hostel and tour help welcome ...)

My special thanks to Dona Martha, who is kind soul. Her smile and kindness is the only amazing thing we see at this place.

Communication: 1/5
Accommodation: 3/5
Food: 2/5
Hospitality: 2/5

Since this is a family based hostel, we see lots of family members here and as a volunteer I was totally confused about the family members or guests or… read more unknown people.

I felt lack of communication and organization skills here. No one used to provide any information and I was in confusion about things happening here.

Regarding the tours, I felt bad here because they informed me to assist the tours and at the last minute I saw someother person used to prepare for the tour. I was never communicated on this and no one cared. I guess this is the basic part of communication they should provide to us.

The tours sound good, Local guides are best with their forest skills. But they still lack basic manners and respect to clients. I was on a tour and on our final day it was fishing on amazon river. A speedboat passed by and created a huge waves. This filled the boat with water and got drowned. Luckily the water level was low and we could get off the boat. Everything got soaked with water. I was shocked with incident and the guides started to make fun of this. Initially I took it as a joke, but they reached their limit. So I had to be aggressive to keep their manners under control. Because its their responsibility to provide the safety. I also observed that others at hostel were laughing on this instead of looking what went wrong. So I found negligence on safety issues.

Food: Breakfast and Lunch is Included
We were always the last people to be served. I do agree that clients come 1st. Everyone starts to have lunch from 11am and we were provided around 2pm. Sometimes we never knew if they were providing the food or not. A huge loophole in communications. PLEASE WE ARE VOLUNTEERS AND NOT HOMLESS. If your not interested in providing the food, I can understand and can find food for myself.

Accommodation: Volunteers has a Dormitory with 4 beds. I called these beds as Volcano Beds. We feel like we are sleeping under the volcano because its hot always. The material used is very old . We had 1 portable fan and all the volunteers had to adjust to this. During day time, the family members used to take away this portable fan and we were left to suffer with immense heat.

There is a huge scope for Improvement, Please have a better communications and do treat volunteers as humans.

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12 Apr 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Webdeveloper and reception ...)

I'm speechless about Laercio. He is best host I had so far. He was down to earth and always helpful. I stayed with him for almost 3 weeks. The work was pretty simple and nothing. I helped with some issues digitally and thats all the help he required. He fed my stomach with unlimited food during my stay. I'm grateful to meet this generous person.… read more

(Excellent )

17 Mar 2023

Left by host (Learn about the transition ...) for Workawayer (Gautama Reddy)

It was such a pleasure to meet Gautama. He is very organized, clean and ready to do the good work! He is self motivated, smart and would benefit any team doing any task due to his friendly demeanor and proactivity. It was inspiring to listen to his stories and overall life experience. I would host Gautama here back at my farm anytime he wants to… read more

(Excellent )

13 Feb 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Learn about the transition ...)

I spent around 10 days here and it was amazing. Gui and his family were the best hosts. Irani and Case (parents of Gui) were super cool and down to earth. Gui took me around to different farms to learn their way of living and to understand their methodologies. I appreciate the ideology of Gui's to implementing organic farming in his region and… read more

(Excellent )

11 Mar 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Family-friendly hostel in the ...)

Andrea is a sweet angel. I spent 2 weeks at the hostel and I enjoyed my time over here. The hostel is located on the heart of the city and is convenient to visit many places from here. The ambience of this place is amazing and worth the stay. Working with andrea is super easy. Most of work was at reception and receiving the guests. Working… read more

(Excellent )

5 Mar 2023

Left by host (Family-friendly hostel in the ...) for Workawayer (Gautama Reddy)

Gautama was a true gentleman. He has extreme talents in social media and photography. He helped us in various activities in the hostel in cleaning, reception. He was available when we required at the reception for check-in and check- out. We wish to have you back again. Good luck for your journey across brazil.

(Excellent )

9 Feb 2023

Left by host (Help with permaculture, ...) for Workawayer (Gautama Reddy)

From India to Brazil, this very nice guy came and stayed with us for 2 weeks and shared his great company and amazing Indian spices.
Gautama helped us making beautiful images of our place and in all other task he was demanded.
I hope to see him again soon.
Best wishes on your endeavours.

(Excellent )

16 Dec 2022

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Help with permaculture, ...)

This was my 1st Workaway experience. Iara and Johann whole-heartedly welcomed me into their place.

The place was a jackpot for me. I never felt that I was in a unique location. I was part of their club and took part in all the activities. From Milking from cows / Prepartion of Cheese / Drinking Cachaça / Cooking Typical Minas Food / enhancing my… read more

(Excellent )

21 Jan 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Experience living in an ...)

It was a honor to be the 1st volunteer with the beautiful caring funny adventurous couple Debora and Max. A combination of Brazilian + Italian + Indian was a blissful. I stayed here for 2 weeks and mark my words that time flew soo quickly. I never felt that I was a volunteer here because I was treated as their family member. I was welcomed with a… read more

(Excellent )

21 Jan 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Gautama Reddy)

This was our first time being hosts on workaway , we couldnt have asked for a better experience! =)
We hosted Gautama from India. He was so kind, friendly and always smiling. We loved the cultural exchange, it was really cool to learn about his life in India and his background. He cooked great and spicy vegetarian meals for us, it was… read more

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10 Jan 2023

Left by host (Join our eco hostel project ...) for Workawayer (Gautama Reddy)

Gautama is a great guy. A little timid at first, he rapidly adapted to the place and people, and has helped with different activities, ranging from video producing to general maintenance. He is very easy going to be with and available whenever needed. Thank you Gautama for your services and company! Have a great journey

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6 Jan 2023

Left by Workawayer (Gautama Reddy) for host (Join our eco hostel project ...)

When Gautama meets Gautama :)
To me this was more like a Temple than a place. Leandro welcomed every person with a kindhearted. The experience and opportunities from this place was magical. Leandro offered us more than we ever expected and I was blessed to stay at this place. I had the opportunity to learn new things like cleaning and organizing… read more

(Excellent )

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