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Hello!
We are a small family: Man, Jannah and son Najme.
We live in the countryside in beautiful Kedah State mainly surrounded by the tropical rainforest.
We would like to welcome you to our home, introduce you to our daily life, food and we will share everything with you.
Our main aim is to cultivate and develop 25 acres on our beautiful hillside and create a place for travelers from all around the world. We welcome any ideas and expertise to join us and make this place a slice of paradise.
Also we constantly try to develop our home with any kind of different DIY-projects, e.g. building a bathroom and gazzibo (a small hut to chill) in the garden. On our property there are also a lot of fruit trees, so during harvesting season (June+July) you are more than welcome to help with picking fruits.
Due to fortunate events and new ideas, we currently have a lot of other projects to work on:
1. Building
(previous experience welcomed, but a willingness to learn is all you need)
We are in the process of building tree houses using resources harvested from my land. We welcome any style and idea, as long as it stands. Each house should reflect the creativity and ability of the builders.
We are also beginning construction of the dorms. This will require alot of hands, so volunteers will have the chance to really learn valuable skills or apply what they already know to a huge aspect of the project.
2. Weaving
We weave together palm leaves for the roofs. With the rain we get during the wet season, a quality roof is everything.
3. Farming
Our main goal is to cultivate a cashew nut farm with about 2000 trees (800 planted so far). We also plan to grow our own vegetables and fruit trees. We're in the process of planting sugar cane, tapioca, bananas and durian with plenty already in the earth.
Other than that there is room for exploration and any creative ideas.
4. Gardening
We also have a garden in fromt of the main house. This used to produce corn, tomatoes, and peppers but has since been overgrown with weeds. We'd love to get this up and running again to produce fresh greens and veggies for our meals.
(Foraging in the jungle does the job in the meantime.)
5. Everything else
Building steps into the hills, keeping the place clean and in order, helping with cooking, or anything you feel you can contribute is welcomed and appreciated.
All these projects make a good variety and give room for everyone to enjoy the beauty of nature while being active and creative. So, pick a place, make it yours or help everywhere a bit - your choice ;)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are located in a surrounding of true country life with tropical rain forest atmosphere where the malaysian culture is experienced best. The view of the valley from up on the hillside is breathtaking and you're sure to find a sense of calm and inspiration that you can't get in the city. You'll learn the ins and outs of sustainable living and how to potentially run your own similar project. You'll also be surrounded with some pretty good company.
Keep in mind, this is also a muslim village where the culture should be respected.
Help
All we ask is that you help out with any current project.
We are sure that everyone can contribute something useful and use their talents in some way.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
We have a main house constructed by the volunteer in the middle of tropical fruit farm where we have two bedrooms, one chilling balcony, and nice outdoors living area..
We have scooter, mountain bike and motocross dirt bike basically we use to the hillside from the main house,
What else ...
There's lots of possible activities here. We will bring you guys fishing, hunting, bird watching, or just exploring exotic fauna and flora
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (31)
When we arrived we went straight into the jungle! It is fruitseason so Man and his family needed mostly help with harvesting and protecting Durian, the kingfruit of Malaysia. They needed people to stay in the jungle to protect the fruittrees from squirels, monkeys and wild boar who love to steel durian. It was an… read more
Yannas cooking is unreal, was so much fun to… read more
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When we arrived we went straight into the jungle! It is fruitseason so Man and his family needed mostly help with harvesting and protecting Durian, the kingfruit of Malaysia. They needed people to stay in the jungle to protect the fruittrees from squirels, monkeys and wild boar who love to steel durian. It was an… read more
Yannas cooking is unreal, was so much fun to… read more
The food was great! Every lunch we try a different recipe cooked by Jennah and her mom!
About work. We spent 6 days camping on the… read more
weeks with Man and his family.
It was such a lovely experience, we were there during Ramadan period, so we got to share some amazing delicious meals in the evening with them.
We had our own privacy with our own room, which was very confortable.
We worked different projects, built a chicken house, and a outdoor bamboo shower.
Man was… read more
They're making a lot of work around the house, building the water tank, and complete final finishing on the new… read more
When we arrived, Man showed us his house that he built together with other workawayers. we fell in love with this place immediately.
A house built with special wood to feel good, surrounded by jungle and the noise that goes with it.
We were enthusiastically told what he had already experienced and created… read more
we learned how to make cement and use it to make walls and paths in the garden, planted vegetables, tried weaving and made stains… read more
They kind of person who keep focus on finishing the task even though they don't have enough time. Thanks again Rhys and Charles, wish you good luck!
He's kind of a gift from the God, easygoing, caring, handyman, and had a lot of experience about plantation. He finished everything that he's started, even helping with extra task are no problem for him.
We have a good time with this person and many new things appear when he leaves this place,
So please invite this person to… read more
She's kind of energetic person and keep focus on finishing her job here,
Please invite this person if you want your place alive!
Jumpa lagi Laura
I will… read more
One more time, thanks for staying with us and good luck on your travels, Jumpa lagi!
We stayed for just over 2 weeks. 1 week luxury camping by the river, with our own stove, mattresses, sun/rain shelters, comfy camp chairs, a snack stash and monkey neighbours, and… read more
All around this house is made with beauty, love and coherence. We also eat as a kings, they are really good cookers ;) We work and chill together and explore some jungle spots too.
We helped to build a floor bathroom made of river… read more
We ended up staying in one place for 4 weeks visiting Thailand in between.
We also had the best chances to connect with the locals, take part in their culture and eat… read more
Man and other guys help me learn Basha Malay, local cultur and showed to me a beautiful nature.
Everybody are friendly and really crave to speak with you.
I'm so thankful to you Man. Take care and… read more
Unfortunately for us, we went there at the fruit picking season... So, we haven't had the experience we wanted to, which was going to the hills and leave the "city" behind.
We were there for 12 days and we only went up the hills for a couple of hours, to see how the huts were after two months since Man had… read more
I learned so much!! Man is an incredible host, easy-going, very caring, open-minded and always up for a deep conversation about life and the world we are living in.
The whole project needs any help that you can give. So if you dont… read more
Thank you Man for the good hosting and the delicious food. I will be back when I get my visa again :)
If you like fruits, this is definitely a good place to experience or taste fresh exotic fruits.
it was a… read more
I was mostly clearing jungle and doing sone general maintenance around the parents… read more
Man is an awesome host, very sociable, singing, eclectic dreamer, master chef and mowgli-boy with an amazing project for the beautiful jungle-paradise he owns. Annar (aka Bapa) is a man with an… read more
