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Up to a 2-week stay in a private bedroom with a private bath. We are seeking assistance with a variety of tasks in Puerto Viejo, including gardening, painting, light maintenance projects, and—if possible—some social media marketing support for one of our businesses.
The offer is for 15 hours of work per week per person in exchange for room, filtered water, WIFI, and laundry.
If the timing doesn't work for staying here, perhaps a financial arrangement can be worked out for the right person.
A little bit about Puerto Viejo & our Farm:
Experience what it's like to live as an ex-pat in Puerto Viejo. My family owns a one-acre farm in the lush tropical rainforest only 1km from the gorgeous Caribbean Ocean. Puerto Viejo is a funky little community with an eclectic mix of Costa Ricans, Jamaicans, and ex-pats from all over the world. My husband and I retired early, bought this land, built 2 homes, planted hundreds of trees, set up a rain catchment system, and settled ourselves deeply into the community.
The beaches here are stunningly raw, you can explore cove after cove, sometimes being the only person around. Most people get around on bikes where you can get to shopping, yoga, surfing, and dozens of restaurants easily. There are plenty of extracurricular activities to get involved in, opportunities to explore breathwork, ecstatic dance, Cacao Ceremonies, and much more. It truly is a lovely community where making friends and getting plugged in is easy.
Types of help and learning opportunities
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will learn what it's like to live in an eclectic town with people from all over the world. We truly get along, enjoy each other and work together. It's a special place.
Opportunities to surf, learn Spanish, and participate in yoga and other healing modalities abound here.
There are opportunities to get involved with the indigenous Bri Bri tribe, learn Spanish, and learn about the amazing process of growing cacao and making it into chocolate.
Help
We are seeking assistance with a variety of tasks in Puerto Viejo, including gardening, painting, light maintenance projects on our property, and—if possible—some social media marketing support for one of our businesses.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Accommodation
You will stay in one of the bnb's on our property. Both are clean and airy and have their private bathrooms. One has its own private kitchen and the other shares a kitchen with one other bedroom/unit.
For grocery shopping, there's a fruit & vegetable truck that passes by daily where you can buy your fresh produce, or you can take a 20-minute walk to the grocery store, 1.5 km away.
What else ...
There are plenty of activities going on around town to get involved in, Yoga, beach volleyball, etc.
It's very easy to get around, you can walk, rent bikes, hire a tuk-tuk, use the public bus system, or hitchhike.
Again, there is so much to get involved in!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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We did have a lot of laughs and some fun conversations. I'm so grateful to know them as people and to have been… read more
We stayed half in the cabina and half in the flat above her house,… read more
The whole family was very nice and welcoming. Meg even picked us up and dropped us off on the bus station in Puerto Viejo on our arrival and departure. She also invited us to her breathwork workshop, a great new experience.… read more
We had an awesome experience with Meg who teach us Breath work.
I (Camille) spent a lot of time… read more
They have built an amazing cabin that they use for online rentals. Here we could stay the first nights!
After that we could stay in a room in the house which we also really loved ! It is always nice to stay close to your hosts so you can get to know them better.
We did different kind of jobs from… read more
Kyle was incredibly helpful and always available for questions, equipment and just fun to talk to. We also really appreciated that he picked us up and dropped us off when we arrived in and left Puerto Viejo. Kirsten sent us a really helpful and detailed list of… read more
I enjoyed to help build a new duck house, paint and do some gardening. Amazing bread fruit and other various foods you can harvest from the land.
Enjoy the… read more
Yes, they did a lot of work for me, but what they did that will last way beyond their actual visit. They taught me valuable insights into marketing and they taught me… read more
She’s an amazing person with a clear vision of her projects and path. Working with her is easy and enjoyable. This was definitely my favorite workaway. I felt very safe and I just really fit in here. You stay at a cabina separate from the house and fall in… read more
I was doing some carpentry work for them aswell as some photography and… read more
