Exchange skill, talent, or gift for a slower, more intentional way of living in the Andes Mountains, Colombia

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  Description

  I'm Blake, a Brit living off-grid on a mountain property in the Colombian Andes. I spent years searching for the right land, built this homestead from the ground up, and this place is everything I hoped it would be. Mountains, nature, clean air, and real life.
  The property is located 2 hours south of Medellin.
  
  I'm opening the door to people who have a skill, talent, or gift they'd like to offer and want somewhere meaningful to land for a while in exchange.
  
  What you'd get is your own private room and bathroom, home cooked meals from someone who used to cook professionally for private clients, and access to real nature, mountain adventures, and a slower, more intentional way of living.
  
  What I'm looking for is people who have something to contribute, whether that's building, art, music, gardening, healing, filming, cooking, languages, whatever your thing is. If you feel drawn to offer it in a place like this, I'd love to hear from you.
  
  Send me a message and tell me who you are and what you'd bring.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Interests

  

  Videography

  

  Events & social

  

  Self development

  

  Farming

  

  Music

  

  Languages

  

  Photography

  

  Writing

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Gardening

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Books

  

  Art & design

  

  Architecture

  

  Animals

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Hiking

  

  Dancing

  

  Mountain

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Team sports

  

  Nature

  

  Fitness

  

  Camping

  

  Beach

  

  Adventure sports
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  What's this?
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Colombia has a depth to it that most people never get to touch as a tourist. Living on the land here, embedded in a Spanish speaking mountain community, you get close to something real. The people, the wisdom, the relationship with nature, the pace of life. It gets into you.
  I've lived a lot of life before landing here. Private chef, world traveler, deep personal healing work, years of studying the human mind and body. I have stories, insights, and perspectives that don't come from books. I share freely around a fire or over a meal.
  The land itself is its own teacher. Mountains, cloud forest, birdsong, silence. There's a stillness here that's hard to find anywhere else and most people arrive moving fast and leave moving slower, in the best way.
  If you speak Spanish or want to improve it, you'll be immersed. If you want to understand Colombian culture from the inside rather than through a hostel window, this is that. If you just need somewhere to breathe and think clearly for a while, the land provides that too.
  Come curious. Leave different.

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  Help

  Honestly, it depends on what is happening at that time on the land and your gifts.
  That said, there are some specific projects on the go right now where certain skills would be genuinely useful and well used:
  
  I'm building an outdoor wood fired pizza oven from clay, so if you know your way around natural building or cob construction, there's real work to be done here.
  
  I'm a life coach and I'm in the process of building a new website and brand, so if you're a web designer, graphic designer, copy writer or just visually sharp and technically capable, I'd love your eyes and hands on this.
  
  I'm documenting my life on this land and the journey that brought me here, so photographers, videographers, and drone cinematographers are very welcome. There's incredible footage waiting to be captured here.
  
  I'm a musician myself and I'd love to share that with someone. Guitar players, singers, anyone who wants to play together or teach or just jam around a fire.
  
  I'm in the early stages of designing a main house and a retreat center on the land, so if you're an architect or have a background in design and spatial thinking, there's a real conversation to be had.
  
  If you work with the body, whether that's personal training, martial arts, massage, fascia work, chiropractic, or anything movement based, that's something I'd genuinely welcome and trade skills with.
  
  I'm also starting to write my first book, so if you're an experienced writer, author, or editor, your knowledge would be genuinely valued here.
  
  And artists of any kind are more than welcome. Painters, drawers, sculptors, makers. I'm on my own creative journey and I'd love to learn, create alongside someone, and see what emerges when good people make things together in a place like this.
  
  If none of these fit but you still feel drawn to this place and think you have something to offer, reach out anyway. I'm open.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Spanish: Intermediate

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  Accommodation

  A clean, private bedroom in a brand new house with its own ensuite bathroom. Simple, comfortable, and well kept.
  The real selling point is what's outside the window. You'll wake up to mountain views that don't get old, fall asleep under a sky full of stars, and drift off to the sound of nature coming alive around you. Crickets, birds, wind through the trees. No city noise, no traffic, just the land doing its thing.
  It's the kind of room that reminds you how good life can actually feel when it's stripped back to what matters.

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  What else ...

  I don't drink, smoke or do drugs, and I keep a pretty clean, intentional lifestyle. If that resonates with you, you'll fit right in. If it doesn't, this probably isn't the right place.
  I cook well and I cook often. Meals are a real part of life here, not an afterthought. Expect good food, shared at a table, with good conversation.
  My dog Mono is part of the family so if you're not a dog person, worth knowing upfront.
  This isn't a hostel and I'm not looking for someone to just clock in and out. The people who will get the most from this are the ones who show up open, present, and genuinely curious about life. If that's you, I think you'll look back on your time here as one of the better decisions you made.

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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

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  My animals / pets

  Mono

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