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I own a little jungle home stay on Langkawi island. I am very passionate about off grid and sustainable living.
I have only two rooms, an outdoor kitchen, a tree house, a huge courtyard. My living room is actually under the bamboo tree with recycle tables and chairs.
My guests would sit around at the open space, BBQ, singing under the stars. You can bring your books to read on the hammock under the trees. Use the open space to do yoga, Tai Chi or meditation under the sky.
I am growing herbs, fruits and vegetables. I have free range chickens and eggs. It is my little farm and animal sanctuary.
As my establishment is small, I am basically doing a "one-man show" most of the times. I am the full time employee. I am doing all the cleaning, setting up beds, gardening, cooking, laundry and maintenance work by myself.
I have four lovely dogs who are the main attraction to my animal loving guests. They too 'work' for me to keep the guests entertained.
Sometimes, I have walk-in visitors just for food and drinks under the bamboo tree.
I am looking for workawayers who are adventurous, not afraid of tough tasks, getting dirty, responsible, independent and passionate about the work that I am doing, to assist me for MINIMUM A MONTH.Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Interests
Politics / Social justicePetsMovies & TVLGBTQFashion or beautyFarmingEvents & socialCultureCharity workWritingPlant carePhotographyPerforming artsMusicGardeningDrawing & paintingCarpentryDIY & craftsCooking & foodArt & designArchitectureAnimalsOutdoor activitiesNatureMountainHikingDancingCyclingCampingBeachCultural exchange and learning opportunities
Many things you can learn here:
- Fauna and flora in the tropical country. There are lots of beautiful nature on Langkawi island.
- Secret places at the waterfall, beaches, mountains.
- Farming and growing own sustainable food. Local herbs benefits and usage.
- How to live as a minimalist, build things your own, Example: how to build a chicken coup or make a chair from bamboo. How to compose waste and turn it into fertilizer.
- How to care for stray animals.
- You will learn about the local lifestyle and the local cultures. As you will be invited to many festive occasions, traditional ceremonies, rituals and celebrations.
- Get to know my home stay guests from all over the world. Exchange cultures, knowledge, skills and learn many different languages
- If you are good in music, we can also do jamming, live performance as I know lots of musicians on the island.
- I love to cook, so we can also exchange some cooking tips.
- I have lots of friends and you may be invited to join me and my friends over dinner, gatherings, parties. You will get to know the friendly local people and expats from time to time.Help
You only need to help me 4-5 hours a day 5 days a week with the following tasks:
1) Gardening
Raking the leaves everyday, cutting grass, pruning trees once a week. Planting herbs and flowers and water them everyday. I have all the necessary tools for you.
2) Cleaning
Outdoor kitchen, storerooms and two guestrooms. Including taking the garbage out. Separate them into recycle bins, compose the waste as fertilizer.
3) Laundry
I have a washing machine. Just put them in and then sun drying. Fold them nicely and put them accordingly into the cupboard.
4) Taking care of the animals: 4 dogs, 2 cats, 9 chickens and many fish in the pond.
Prepare their food and feed them once a day. Shower, walking the dogs. Basically taking care of their overall well being.
5) Building or fixing the house and other maintenance work from time to time. Building, plumbing or electrical experience is a plus point but not compulsory.
6) Taking care of the homestay guests. Including taking care of the guests, getting groceries and amenities, checking in and check out, introducing them about the local attractions, dos and dons. Assist them in many ways. A valid driving license will be a plus.Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Malay: Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin): FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I love to learn different languages from all over the world.Accommodation
Tree House. A 8 feet x 8 feet small tree house with a 4 feet balcony on the rock hill over seeing greenery of the jungle. The height is 8 feet above the ground.
It is breezy and constantly you can see birds, monkeys, squirrels running around. A mattress or two (if couple). A table fan, lights and mosquito net.
A separate bathroom and toilet down the rock hill.
You will need to be adventurous and be prepared to stay alone in the nature. I am not staying there all the times. There are snakes, scorpions, geckos, mosquitoes and other wild animals and bugs around.What else ...
1) You will need to have an international license and rent your own scooter or car. I am in a secluded jungle, not many Grabs are willing to come in.
2) I have Wifi at my place, but you will still need to get a local sim card for communication through WhatsApp in case you are out.
3) My place is LGBTQIA friendly, serve pork and alcohol, if you have an issue, then you are not suitable to stay.
4) You can cook in the kitchen. I will prepare only basic dry food and ingredients such as rice, cooking oil, instant noodles, biscuits etc. You can get fresh herbs, eggs, veggies from the garden. Other than that you need to get on your own.
5) If you are a vegan / animal lover, you will still need to prepare meat based food for my dogs and cats, include handling chicken heads, livers, feet... etc. You may also be required to destroy termites nest, hornet nest, killing of pests with insecticide etc. If you think you are uncomfortable of doing so, then it is best not to come.
6) Experience is not a must, but the right attitude, humility and willingness to learn new things are.
7) There is no absolute freedom in the world, freedom always comes with a price to pay and lots of compromises. Moderation leads to a happier life. In short, please do not travel with your ego.
8) Exchange unpaid work with free accommodation and meals is not volunteering, true volunteering you do not expect anything in return. I would like to call you a workawayer instead. Therefore, your commitment to my job requirements are important, as to avoid any mismatch of expectations for both parties.A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I have wifi but as the location is in the jungle, the signal is not so strong. For instance if you do a zoom meeting, there will be lagging and skyping occasionally turn to audio only, browsing, surfing, emailing is fine.
Space for parking camper vans
Ample of space to park.
Can possibly accept pets
This is a pet friendly place, except you must take your pets home and not leave them with me when you leave.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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Eric as a host is very generous, smart and funny. He brought me and Ed over lunch/dinner, sometimes breakfast, which I really appreciate and grateful for. The area is surrounded… read more
Eric is an incredible person, very generous, very friendly and nice.
We have felt at home very comfortable breathing a lot of peace and tranquility in the jungle.
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the work i was asked to do was about feeding pets (soooo nice!!), watering plants and cleaning around.. not a big deal. in change i had a lot of free time to spend discovering the island and its beaches and… read more
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Eric is also a great host. He’s always friendly and clear about what he wants… read more
especially the lulu she is the trouble maker but also a funny maker. I love them so much ! Langkawi is a beautiful… read more
it has been 1 year that we are cycling and that was our first workaway experience.
we stayed 3 weeks in here
Eric is a very nice guy who knows what he want in life, he has a strong and beautiful personnality.
we met his friends during a dinner at his place it was delicious and we laugh a lot!
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On regards the place, the house is really next to the jungle so you can feel real nature around: see black monkeys in the surrounding… read more
This is your chance to re-establish a connection with Mother Earth again. Nature here will quiet your mind, open your heart and invite ease into your body. You’ll feel the living connection with life all around you, giving you the capacity to open up to something that's much… read more