Joost

Travel information

I am currently

Description

All my life I have dreamt of being an adventurer. Travelling, seeing more of the world, camping, learning to make a fire and build shelters, find and grow my own food, face nature and weather. Now, after growing up in a western environment, in relative luxury, with studies now and a job in the future, I have decided this is not the life for me right now. I want to learn to reconnect with the earth, find ways to live more sustainably and discover more of my creative side, and my wild side.

So far some of my favorite experiences while traveling have been the feeling of my hiking shoes on rocks, zipping open a tent in the morning, playing some music and singing on top of a mountain while watching the sunset, making campfires in beautiful spots, washing myself in the cold water of a river and seeing wild animals dart through the forest.

Together with my lovely partner and fellow adventurer Léonie, I have discovered hitchhiking, many new places, and I am excited to learn from new experiences, gain inspiration for writing and music, meet new people and enjoy a wild life in nature

Interests

Languages

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

More details about my language interests
Interested in improving any of the languages I already speak, as well as helping anyone else with learning Dutch and/or English. Learning new languages is always welcome

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Languages

Art Projects

DIY and building projects

Life at a Farmstay

General Maintenance

Eco Projects

Gardening

Babysitting and creative play

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Some knowledge of:  

Animal Care

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping around the house

More details about your skills

My Experiences and Skills;
- Experience with an animal shelter;
# Cats and dogs; feeding, cleaning, washing, playing, teaching (puppies and adult). Catching stray cats for medical attention etc...
- Experience with a goat farm (feeding lambs, helping in birth, milking through machines) (in some ways far removed from the way I would like to treat animals, but therefore a uniquely insightful experience)
- Planting some basic things like beans, bushes etc.
- Building a fence
- I have some experience from an asparagus farm
- Cooking and baking (mostly vegetarian and vegan)
- Some very basic experience in gardening (helping around the house when I grew up)
- Guitar, singing, writing and general artsyness
- I have a lot of experience with hiking and camping in the wild and demanding physical activity.
- I worked in a restaurant for some time


I am very motivated to Learn more about;
- Alternative forms of living and building
- Different ways of building campfires and making woodfire ovens etc...
- Understanding nature (recognize wild plants and animals, expand my knowledge)
- Living with nature (growing food, taking care of plants, trees and animals, respectfully using resources)

Age

25

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  Nope

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  Special dietary requirements
  Preferably Vegan. Vegetarian is very good too. However, always interested in trying locally caught/hunted/produced/raised animal products, even seafruits/fish/meats if they are a must-try and you can tell me where it came from and who caught/raised it ;).