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Based in the Dolomites, Italy, I am a biologist by training and passion; sea and nature lover, I travelled to the Azores twice. I am looking for a farm life experience to truly enjoy the local life.
Laura is looking to meet other workawayers
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Language(s) I would like to learn : Italian
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Help in a finca just outside Algodonales, Andalucia, Spain
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Permaculture, animals and sustainability near Auckland, New Zealand
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I'm travelling in Japan January-July with a working holiday visa. I wanna see and learn as much as possible, and meet people.
Elvira is looking to meet other workawayers
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Hi, I'm Thomas - young enough to look for new experiences and old enough to have some of them. I’ve plenty of free time the next years ;) and I want to spend it with voluntary work and nice people. Upgrading my English knowledge and learn new languages is an other goal I follow. I'm well traveled and like other cultures and traditionals. It’s a pleasure to get new contacts. Update: I got nice experience with workaway the last eight years, which I spent with hosts in the US, Malta, Switzerland, Germany, Mexiko, Central and South Amerika, France, Portugal, Spain,Turkey or Malaysia. So I did a lot of woodwork with repurpose materials - exciting and creative ideas. The projects were so different - a sauna with a SPA, a hobbit house, restoration of doors and furniture in old houses and a castle, a kitchen and so on .... and I got just like that experiences to work in hostels, in gardens and fields and with tourists. I love to continue it... ;). PS: You find more projects I did in the last years on Instagram #uproot-travelandwork. .
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Hola, soy Michelle! Saludos desde Ecuador, empiezo mi viaje por Colombia, visitaré el eje cafetero y espero tomar un montón de café, quiero conocer el caribe y aprender un poco de salsa
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I would like to visit Ireland before this month ends and then we will see.
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