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90 %
Last replied
24 Apr 2024
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Description
Welcome!
This is friendly place a bit further out of town, where we enjoy life close to the river of Puerto Escondido. It is pretty chill place, quiet and full of green plants. There is also a beautiful building painted with murals: its the perfect mix between a little village and the nature!
The house is a big place with garden and dogs. We can provide a van for sleep or a tent on the roof top where you can enjoy a better vew. It is a bit wild so we dont recomend people who like urban life.
Public transport is available and soon we will have a motor bike to rent for cheaper than a taxi ride.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The house is a thematic place, each room has his own decorations, and a lot of art everywhere. The neighbourhoood is very nice and a bit further from town so is super chill. There is a river ten minits away walking that is great to yhave a walk down there!
Help
Anybody with a smile! I would love some help for clean the house every day. We can oganize a food at home but we will talk about when you arrive and see if we coincidate on the diet and time :) it will be some cofe or te in the morning. We also need artists to make murals and remake some who are now old. Some gardening and watering plants. I like to do a lot of projects, the one coming are buid a camping, reconstruir the carvan and his terras, make acople of palms roof, weld some furnitures that you are welcome to learn to.
I ask 1./2 hours help per day, I guess is gona be about an hour cleaning or cooking, and then a bit of improvisation. Ideas are welcome how to improve the place or make it more beatifull, every body can bring a nice idea!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: 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
The house is quiet, with a big kitchen and leaving room. There is 3 bedrooms for guests and a few terrases with hamacs. The is a small pond, 5 dogs and a cat. Is very clean and confortable. Also we have a very good internet.
You will be able to sleep in the van (pictures avialbe) that is like a cabin, you own little private cabin in the garden with shade. The shower is shared but you will have your own toilet bathroom. Also there is the roof top that you can camp, but we still have to buildl a shade and make it confi :)
What else ...
40 minuts from the beah walking, but 10 in bus. We are five minuts walking to the river. There are many things to do around, if by chance i have just one volunteer i will be able to bring it with me in my bike everywhere. There is good party and really cool places to walk, even out of town.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
parking,eventually private bathroom if there no so many people ,internet kitchen.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
We ask between an 1.5 and 2 per day, generally it turn to be less but some times people like the project and then you are free to do
Host ref number: 236928378384
Feedback (23)
21 Mar 2024
Left by host for Workawayer (Etienne)
Etienne is a great guy, very friendly and redy to help. We have been making some great shelves, working on wood and painting the metal. He also learned a bit of welding. Very recomendable also cause of his great comunication and energy.
(Excellent
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16 Mar 2024
Left by Workawayer (Etienne) for host
Alec is a great host, very polyvalent and helpful. He made my trip to Puerto amazing, he is always making sure everybody has the best time, and he is also a good teacher. Working with him was nice and I learned many techniques to build and pimp my home. I recommend to anyone who finds themself in Puerto:)
8 Mar 2024
Left by host for Workawayer (Beneto)
Lucie was a very friendly girl, since the first day we made a great team the four of us, felt like a family. She stayed around 20 days and it felt like all what she did was even more worth it than that: she can built palms roof, help cleanning out zone that havnt been done for years, bring cool ideas for the house, gardenning, some house keeping,… read more
(Excellent
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7 Mar 2024
Left by Workawayer (Beneto) for host
It was my first workaway and i loved it, thankyou Alec for your good vibes and the good energy of your place. It was a pleasure to help you around with all the projects you have... Dreams can come True! Sending you good vibes for the future projects :)
10 Jun 2022
Left by Workawayer (Gonzalo) for host
Photos
La cocina y comedor, es amplio y bien organizado para poder juntar bastante gente sin agobiarse. Bastante minimalista, a pesar de lo demas cuartos ya que a veces viene bien tambien tener paredes blancas jaja La cocina tiene 4 fuegos, una plancha, una licuadora, un comodo sitio para picar y un par de tarjas para asegurarse que no te de pereza lavar tus platos.
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(4.5)
Cultural exchange:
(4.6)
Communication:
(4.6)
21 Mar 2024
Left by host for Workawayer (Etienne)
Etienne is a great guy, very friendly and redy to help. We have been making some great shelves, working on wood and painting the metal. He also learned a bit of welding. Very recomendable also cause of his great comunication and energy.
(Excellent
)
16 Mar 2024
Left by Workawayer (Etienne) for host
Alec is a great host, very polyvalent and helpful. He made my trip to Puerto amazing, he is always making sure everybody has the best time, and he is also a good teacher. Working with him was nice and I learned many techniques to build and pimp my home. I recommend to anyone who finds themself in Puerto:)
8 Mar 2024
Left by host for Workawayer (Beneto)
Lucie was a very friendly girl, since the first day we made a great team the four of us, felt like a family. She stayed around 20 days and it felt like all what she did was even more worth it than that: she can built palms roof, help cleanning out zone that havnt been done for years, bring cool ideas for the house, gardenning, some house keeping,… read more
(Excellent
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7 Mar 2024
Left by Workawayer (Beneto) for host
It was my first workaway and i loved it, thankyou Alec for your good vibes and the good energy of your place. It was a pleasure to help you around with all the projects you have... Dreams can come True! Sending you good vibes for the future projects :)
10 Jun 2022
Left by Workawayer (Gonzalo) for host
31 Jul 2020
Left by Workawayer (Cyrielle & Simon) for host
Our time at Alec's "island" was unforgettable. Always different people with different skills around, and so was Alec. He is a hard working man, enthusiastic, still relaxing never stressed out and he gave us the time we needed to improve and learn new skills. Between all the chickens, kittens, turkeys and doggs running around Simon learned how to… read more
16 Jun 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Cyrielle & Simon)
Sisi and Simon are really cool people, is have been pleasure to have them at home. They are great workers and allways leave the house clean. I have been lucky to start to surf mean while they where here so we enjoyed many trips to the beach with the others volunteers and friends.
Simon is a smart man and like to learn on his trip, has much has… read more
Simon is a smart man and like to learn on his trip, has much has… read more
(Excellent
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9 Jul 2020
Left by Workawayer (Sergei) for host
Alec is a man with big and tender heart, he helped me with everything: he shares knowledge and contacts easily. When I got sick, he would bring me medicine. We played handmade chess together, watched movies, and talked so much. I spent two months at this place, and decided to stay in Puerto Escondido for longer time, but even after I left, I kept… read more
16 Jun 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Sergei)
Sergio is an artist. In all the senses, he is a painter, a poete, a historian lover, he makes draws pretty incredible actually: he has his own style art, wich looks awesome in your walls.
The fisrt time he showed up I offered him a few diferents projects, some big and others ones who you dont need much efforts. But he definitly took the coolest… read more
The fisrt time he showed up I offered him a few diferents projects, some big and others ones who you dont need much efforts. But he definitly took the coolest… read more
(Excellent
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16 Jun 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Janis)
Janis is a cool guy, really friendly and allways feets in any situation. Also he is a great worker, even if I didnt ask him to many hours, I have to say that Janis was many times my joker volunteer: he does the things right and clean, strait lines and precision,some times even better than do it your self! I guess is the german cuality work jajaj… read more
(Excellent
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16 Jun 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Melissa)
Melissa is a really cool girl and smily! I was impressed how simple and happy she is with every situation wih makes her a really easy going person! But also she have a lot of ideas for improve places and she is not scared at all to jump in a project wich she doesnt know! For exemple one of the thngs she did at home was a furniture of wood for hang… read more
(Excellent
)
23 Mar 2020
Left by Workawayer (Melissa) for host
Mi estancia en ese hostel fue super buena! El trabajo es divertido, muy flexible y también poco. Alex es súper simpático y flexible según lo que quieres hacer. Me quedé unas dos semanas y disfrute mucho mi estancia para relajar y estar en un ambiente tranquilo. Gracias también para llevarnos a surfear con tus amigos ! Espero que los proyectos… read more
18 Mar 2020
Left by Workawayer (Anna & Lou) for host
Our time at Alec's hostel was wonderful. Altough we were not many volunteers, we had a lot of freedom in the tasks we'd like to do ( painting, cooking, building furnitures...). Few hours of work a day but I wouldnt say it was "work" because thanks to Alec we learnt, laughed and discovered a lot about the region
The place is at 30mn walking of… read more
The place is at 30mn walking of… read more
12 Mar 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Anna & Lou)
Anna Y Lou son increibles! me encanto su estancia en casa: son muy simpaticos y abiertos a todos. Pero tambien tienen el don de las ganas de trabajar y de los proyectos incluso aunque no sepan nada en ello. Buscan en internet, se informan y proponen soluciones como crear jabon a base de cenizas para que las plantas sean mas felizes ya que todo el… read more
(Excellent
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12 Mar 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Amber)
Amber is lots of fun, allways smily and with good mood. She made a paint in the van super tripi and is looks perfectly adapted to the "wall". She just stood a10 days she just had time to do that but I wished she stayed a bit longuer for more paints! Also she is a really good person for convive so I enjoyed a lot her presence.
(Excellent
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4 Mar 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Timur & Julia)
Timur and Julia are really cool, they are clean, they mix well with every body and they are allways redy to work. Julia like to cook for every body and think about how to improove things in general life. Big lovers of chiken eggs, they fixed and imporoved the chiken coop for make shure that my dogs don t eat them. Timur is really smart and have… read more
(Excellent
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7 Feb 2020
Left by Workawayer (Timur & Julia) for host
It was great experience. Alec is a super host, really funny, smart and enthusiastic guy. We planned to stay for one week, but have stayed for three cause we felt like we are at home. Working here is really fun and easy, and everyone will definitely find a place to apply their talents
25 Nov 2019
Left by Workawayer (Sebastian & Gabriela ) for host
Estuvimos solamente unos 7 días en el hostel, ya que al estar en reparación y remodelación, no había muchas actividades asignadas para todos los voluntarios y nosotros estábamos buscando algo más dinámico, sin embargo, disfrutamos mucho los días con Alec; todos los demás compañeros de viaje fueron super acogedores con nosotros. El hostal queda un… read more
24 Jul 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Veronika)
Veronica was a lot of fun, she helped on many things and learned to do her own pizzas from the recipy of the hostel :thinking:! not scared to digin the mud, the maestro still asking me where is gone Veronika cause we need her help. thanks for every thing! see you soon!
(Excellent
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18 Jul 2019
Left by Workawayer (Veronika) for host
My time at Alec´s place was just perfect!
Alec is always friendly, polite and treats everyone with respect. He leaves his workawayers a lot of freedom to do the work they want and to get creative. His home is a wonderful place full of life, laugh and happiness.
Alec is an inspiring person full of positivity and kindness, following his ideas and… read more
Alec is always friendly, polite and treats everyone with respect. He leaves his workawayers a lot of freedom to do the work they want and to get creative. His home is a wonderful place full of life, laugh and happiness.
Alec is an inspiring person full of positivity and kindness, following his ideas and… read more
10 Jun 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Oscar)
Oscar is a great guy,friendly really funny and with good team vibe. Allways redy for help, he can give some advice incedibly cool and they sounds smartly french jajaja He is also a teacher so he has the pacie ce and can teach some french had workaway. Have a good trip!
(Excellent
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6 Jun 2019
Left by Workawayer (Oscar) for host
I stayed one week in Alec’s place. It was a real pleasure to be part of the community.
Alec is a very generous person, positive, active and full of good vibes :blush:
As it was the low season, we tried to improve some parts of the hostel (kitchen and living room mostly).
I had a great time there with the people, the dogs, chickens, cat and all… read more
Alec is a very generous person, positive, active and full of good vibes :blush:
As it was the low season, we tried to improve some parts of the hostel (kitchen and living room mostly).
I had a great time there with the people, the dogs, chickens, cat and all… read more
22 Apr 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Hayden)
Hayden is a really cool guy, he made all the mosquito nets with the help of Peter, and they are mosquito proofed! and I feel like is a really hard job of precision, be clean and make strait cuts, play with a bit a carpintery also. Wondefull. Thank you Hayden for be so help full in many others stuffs also, and teach us your cool board games! has I… read more
(Excellent
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21 Apr 2019
Left by Workawayer (Hayden) for host
Everything about this workaway was amazing! Alec is an awesome guy doing a bunch of cool stuff (beer brewing, mushroom-oven pizza parties, fishpond chillspace to name a few). The vibe at this place is great, we had pizza parties at least twice a week and I met many locals and friends of the host. The work is not more that 2-3 hours a day maximum… read more
22 Apr 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Titos)
Titos is a great guy, he is delicate, clean and really friendly. funny comment: People in the comunity says that he gona be a genius, I guess I couldn t say no! But what I can definitly say is that he knows how to fit in places and make friends. Big time traveler,we lost he track few week after he left cause he was allredy in guatemala.Long life… read more
(Excellent
)
19 Mar 2019
Left by Workawayer (Titos) for host
Muchas Gracias Alec!
Staying here for a week was a great experience. Alec is a super friendly guy and his project is getting more beautiful all the time. Even though I only stayed for a couple of days I met some great people (Fink and the Perroadadores, Tim, Terrence, Martin and Maya, to name just a few..), went to the beach, chilled by the river… read more
Staying here for a week was a great experience. Alec is a super friendly guy and his project is getting more beautiful all the time. Even though I only stayed for a couple of days I met some great people (Fink and the Perroadadores, Tim, Terrence, Martin and Maya, to name just a few..), went to the beach, chilled by the river… read more
14 Mar 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Ella)
Ella is fuun! smily, worker, clean, and mostly fun. When she arrived we wasn t manies so we had time to build a great team and enjoy a good push of work. Ella have being painting, taking care of the garden, cleaning so well her zones taks,and founding the best glasses for the hostel. she is the joker volunteer, the best bet is you want something… read more
(Excellent
)
14 Mar 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Leslie)
Leslieeeee! she is really cool, of course every body of tye team love her has well. Since she arrived, many thing advanced, and the hostel is cleanner than before. allways redy to help or fix a problem in the organization: I think that she diserve a five stars feedback! see you soon around! :)
(Excellent
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14 Mar 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Clara)
Clara and her friend Gema and doing a really good team, and much has white and yellow of and egg! they are artistic and really polite, Clara is a chef so she did impress us many time with her tortillas de patatas and many others. they paint the little outside bath with many colors: its now the most impresive thing of the gardwn thanks of them!… read more
(Excellent
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14 Mar 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Daniela de los Angeles )
Dabi es una chica estupenda! nos hizo varios dibujos y mondalas por esquinas, o mesas y quedaron bien bien chulas! un abrazo Dani!
(Excellent
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14 Mar 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Jonathan)
Jonathan es un chico increible, tiene mucho que enseñar! ademas sus proyectos de viaje son super interesantes: siempre abierto a toda buena experiencia, tiene varias historias geniales que contar. sus perros tambien cuentan historias en sus figuras, son bastante sabios y super bien portados! se llevaron muy bien con mis perros gallinas y gatito.… read more
(Excellent
)
4 Mar 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Gwendoline)
Gwen is a super fun girl, and she has many many things to offer: she is cooker, architect, profesional party girl and responsible of the tasks you will ask. is cool to have some body who you know that when you ask something it will be done no matters what. Interesting at the same point, she has many ideas and thanks of her knowledge she can give… read more
(Excellent
)
28 Feb 2019
Left by Workawayer (Gwendoline) for host
Wowwww my experience with Alex and everybody was perfect. Before I did another workaday more well-organised and with more intimate which is perfect but alec's community give me the opportunity to live the way I want. Sharing, meeting, laughing and more are the key words of this place.
Thanks bro, let's see u after and hope the best for you. U got… read more
Thanks bro, let's see u after and hope the best for you. U got… read more
26 Feb 2019
Left by Workawayer (Julia) for host
If you wanna come here you should know that this is not a typical workaway-place. It's more like a community. Lots of chilling and hammok-time. Only about one hour work per day means that you have a lot of freedom for your own projects, so you better know how to keep yourself occupied ;) Also the food-situation is different. But it's a pretty new… read more
18 Feb 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Irina)
Irina is a really cool girl, she is always smiling around and helping. A good person to have in your team! she gets in the ambance and make many friends! she even made me a cople of wood furnitures! thank you very much! :)
(Excellent
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15 Feb 2019
Left by Workawayer (Irina) for host
Alec is a nice, happy and ambitious dude and the Hostel is really cute.
I had a good time helping with cleaning up in the early mornings and making some little projects with scrap wood working with tools.
Camping in my little tent, relaxing in the hammock and cooling down in the river close by.
It is beautiful!
There were a lot more than 2… read more
I had a good time helping with cleaning up in the early mornings and making some little projects with scrap wood working with tools.
Camping in my little tent, relaxing in the hammock and cooling down in the river close by.
It is beautiful!
There were a lot more than 2… read more
26 Jan 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (María Laura )
Laurita es una chica increíble, tiene ideas increíble para decorar cuartos y es totalmente capaz de hacer cualquier cosa: desde pintar a tener ideas para decorarlo todo, jardinería etc...entiende súper bien las cosas que uno le pide lo k la convierte en aún una mejor ayuda; hasta es una mujer de literatura! La lista es interminable jejejej pero… read more
(Excellent
)
24 Jan 2019
Left by Workawayer (María Laura ) for host
Hermosa experiencia en el Hostel con Alec, Lila, Bronco, Canela, las gallinas y los voluntarios con los que compartí este tiempo. Desde el primer día me sentí muy a gusto. Alec es muy emprendedor y entusiasta; te hace formar parte de sus proyectos, de su rutina , de sus amigos y eso es súper alagador . Realicé diferentes actividades y todas fueron… read more
16 Jan 2019
Left by Workawayer (Asif) for host
Alec is great fun and very ambitious. I love his work ethic, patience and willingness to teach.
Was great speanding time with him and his friends and working on the property he owns.
Was great speanding time with him and his friends and working on the property he owns.
14 Jan 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Asif)
Asif, asif, such a good memory comes back when i heard this name! Inspirational man, he is allways redy to help, and with the good vibe. Luckily I had his help when the rest of the team was girls, so he dig and cut wood by hand saw most of the days, he was the ereverything to do man! He wants to see the word and learn new things, wich keep his… read more
(Excellent
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14 Jan 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (PERNET & PESCE)
PREMIUM VOLUNTEERS, or even golden. This cople of smily travellers are super friendly and workers. We have been making some finish touch for prepare the hostel and those guys have been kicking asses! really into the details, they will do it on the way you would like, wich is one of the most valuable things when somebody help you. They have allredy… read more
(Excellent
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16 Jul 2018
Left by Workawayer (Iara) for host
Alec es una persona estupenda! Pase dos semanas excelentes en su espacio con lila, bronco, güero y las gallinas. Siempre atento y agadecido con cualquier colaboración que uno haga. Tiene un monton de proyectos en mente para poder experimentar y crear. Le encanta compartir su lugar y enseñar sus alrededores. Siempre con una sonrisa y buena… read more
16 Jul 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Iara)
Iara es una chica super lista y sabe mchas cosas de la naturaleza. Lo k me parecio increible es que lo k no sabe, sabe dnde encontrar la informacion en onternet y eso no tiene precio!! Con su ayuda nos lanzamos en recortar cientas de latas de cervezas en forma de tejas de techo, las juntamos con plieges y cuerda para poder cubrir un zona de la… read more
(Excellent
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1 Jul 2018
Left by Workawayer (Zuzana) for host
Hello, I recommend to stay in Alecs place! He is a very sympathic guy, you will work about 4 hours/day with free days in a cool and chill company. I was sleeping in a van, which I really enjoyed. I love Alecs three dogs - Lila, Branco and Guarro. One of the chicken is very smart, I like too. Alec offers some coffee for breakfast and a lunch, which… read more
15 Jun 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Zuzana)
Ey guys! i really recomend zuzana cause she have been helping me to do some painting jobs really nice. i wish she stood more than a weeks for see what else she is good at it but definitly, painting strait lines, she was the best of the team. wich is awesome when you need to make a huge reggae wall on the kitchen. clean, enjoyed my place and the… read more
(Excellent
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25 May 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Ida)
Ida is a really friendly girl with a lot of entusiasm when a good project show up, she help me a lot into painting the studio converting it into a jungle decoration i was expecting! Both of us never really draw in our life but we did it, a d is looking beatifull! Ask her to paint on your wall an hibuscus flower and you will be suprised lol. We… read more
(Excellent
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15 Apr 2018
Left by Workawayer (Macarena & Pablo) for host
Nuestra estancia con Alec fue una experiencia fabulosa! Su casa está a 10 minutos en auto de Zicatela, la playa más turística de Puerto Escondido, pero estando ahí se siente como estar en medio del campo. Nosotros viajábamos en auto y nos resultó super fácil movernos. Alec es una persona fabulosa, con una actitud positiva ante la vida y la risa… read more
9 Apr 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Macarena & Pablo)
Maca y Pablo son muy buena gente, les gusta los proyecto de jardineria y pablo en parte tiene experiencia en pintar. por culpa mia no pudimos pintar pero ambos me ayudaron a ljar todas las paredes y preparar la zona, que es sin duda el trabajo mas costoso y en parte deagradable,asombrado, empezaban nada mas desyunar como si de una costumbre se… read more
(Excellent
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14 Apr 2018
Left by Workawayer (Beth) for host
Alec was a great host.. one of the most enthusiastic people I have ever met.. lots of energy and loves his animals! I loved staying on his land helping him with plenty of different projects, such as making shelves/decoration, painting and helping in the garden etc. I also had lots of free time to relax, visit the nearby river, play with the dogs… read more
9 Apr 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Beth)
Beth is an awesome girl! she in really funny and give life to the places. She the witch of the eggs and she is able to make chicken lay egg where ever she is! Probably is beacause she bring a good vibe. Also she has this funny little "pet doll" how has a "real life" and quite famous apperently: it seems that Penny and Beth made for festivals than… read more
(Excellent
)
25 Mar 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Guilhem)
Guilhem is an awesome guy, a traveler with many projects around diferent countries, but most of all he is a talented boy in literature and like to read as much write. Ask him what he is writing at the moment and he will talk to you about it with enthusiasm. Good cooker and good with the consistency of every day tasks. He wont forget rules and will… read more
(Excellent
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19 Mar 2018
Left by Workawayer (Guilhem) for host
Alec es pleno en energía y entusiasmo ante nuevas ideas con las que contribuir al bienestar de su proyecto. La casa/hostal/granja se rodea de paz gracias a toda la naturaleza que la rodea. Mis tareas consistieron en ofrecer atención al cuidado de las plantas, en apoyar o encabezar la preparación de un platillo (me agradó el poder balancear entre… read more
