Alexandra

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I‘m in Costa Rica since early 2024 and staying for a longer time (maybe even move? Who knows :)
Looking forward to helping in many different projects and connecting with likeminded people.

Description

Hola!!
I'm Alex, living in and exploring Costa Rica since the beginning of 2024. I am currently based in the Uvita area and loving it very much here! Very open also for the option of staying in this beautiful country permanently - time will tell! :) I'll leave for Peru and Nicaragua for October / November - but back in CR as of December and looking forward to finding new project then!

Since the beginning of the year I have already been able to work in different projects (farms, communities, festivals...) - I want to use the time to travel around, meet interesting people, get to know the country, and - most importantly - give a hand to people working on all sort of different projects.

I have quite some experience living and working / volunteering abroad. Some examples:
- South Africa, volunteering in a children's project in Cape Town, and working on a guest and sheep farm, doing all sorts of different works
- Sri Lanka, working with a Safari Tour Operator and volunteering in the safari camps, but also online marketing
- in Malaysia I volunteered in a jungle project, building houses with bamboo, chili picking, all sorts of gardening
- Also Malaysia, in a beach hostel, accomodating guests, cleaning rooms, cooking food, etc
- France, working for one summer season in a holiday resort
- Australia, here I attended a semester of university in Sydney
- Spain, I did my masters degree in Madrid

While travelling in other countries, especially when travelling solo, I like to use couchsurfing and Workaway to really immerse in the country and make connection with people, and also make myself useful :)
I am a very open-minded person and can quickly adapt to new situations and environments.

I’m looking forward to further exploring CR, seeing new places and being able to make a contribution with my work to any kind of interesting project. I’m very interested in immersing myself in various projects like farming, permaculture, yoga retreats, work with tourists, gardening etc.

I love nature, and am looking forward to really immersing and living in nature, I'm tired of my 'city-life' here in Germany. When I'm not working, I love doing sports like running and hiking, I'm very much into yoga and meditation and personal development / emotional intelligence, I love to make deep connections with people around me. I'm a big dancing lover! (Bachata, Salsa, Kizomba is what I danced most so far... here in Costa Rica also exploring Contact Dance), I did horseriding half of my life, I love animals, I am (mostly) vegetarian and I don't smoke.


See you soon! Cheers, Alex

Interests

Mountain

Books

Farming

Yoga / Wellness

Hiking

Vegetarian or vegan

Animals

Dancing

Beach

Self development

Outdoor activities

Nature

Sustainability

Charity work

Plant care

Pets

Gardening

Fitness

Events & social

Camping

Languages

Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
French: Beginner

More details about my language interests
One of my aims in Costa Rica is also to learn better Spanish. I lived in Spain for a year so I am quite ok at understanding Spanish, but speaking is hard!

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Gardening

General Maintenance

Life at a Farmstay

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Languages

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Some knowledge of:  

Babysitting and creative play

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Animal Care

Hospitality/Tourism

More details about your skills

While I am not an expert in tasks like gardening, farming, DIY, building, etc... I would say I am pretty "hands on" and a quick learner! And very happy to try and learn new things. Since my main job was in online marketing and tourism, and I also have a side business as virtual assistant, social media and online marketing, website edits, content creation etc is also something I'm quite experienced with.

I think I coud say that I'm a good allrounder, being able to quickly adapt to new situations and work tasks. Since I studied Tourism-Management and worked a lot with tourists before, this is something I always like. However, I'm also very happy to do physical work and help out with gardening, farming, maintanance work etc, as I did for example during my time at the farm in South Africa. I'm furthermore very animal-loving! I'm an enthusiastic, dedicated, reliable and motivated person and ready to give a hand wherever it is needed.

Age

30

What else ...

If there is anything missing you would like to know, or if you would simply like to chat, hit me up! I'm very much looking forward to meeting you soon (both hosts as well as other travelers).
Also, please check-out my video in my profile, with which I hope to give you some first impressions of me as a person already.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies

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  Special dietary requirements
  I'm vegetarian