Profile information


Travel information
We are currently
Travelling
Our next destination:
Japan - from Jul 2025 until Jul 2026 View all
Description
Julianne and Erik are 26 year old biologists from Vancouver, Canada. We are very kind, friendly, easygoing, hard working, and reliable. We love to meet new people! Our interests include jiu jitsu, exercising, hiking, surfing, swimming, and rock climbing. We are currently learning Japanese and also hope to improve our speaking skills during our travels. We are skilled at gardening, cleaning, animal care, building, and cooking.
We both have lots of applicable skills. Julianne has extensive experience in animal care and plant care and has great customer service skills. Erik has lots of experience in construction, gardening, sailing, and is great at troubleshooting technical problems. We both love to learn and are eager to learn whatever new skills would help our workaway hosts!
Interests
PetsTechnologyMusicMovies & TVBooksDIY & craftsSelf developmentEvents & socialCooking & foodDrawing & paintingArt & designCampingWinter sportsWater sportsMountainLanguagesCarpentryHistoryHikingSailing / BoatingOutdoor activitiesNaturePlant careGardeningFitnessFarmingCultureBeachAdventure sportsAnimals
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Japanese: BeginnerMore details about my language interests
Both Erik and Julianne are dedicated to improving their Japanese, and would appreciate any opportunity to gain skills. They are also more than happy to help anyone learn more English skills!
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Art Projects
Helping around the house
House sitting
Life at a Farmstay
Languages
Some knowledge of:
Eco Projects
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Able to teach about:
Gardening
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism

More details about your skills
Julianne is skilled in cleaning, hospitality, gardening, and animal husbaundry. She has a honors degree in plant biology and statistics, and loves to learn new things. Her greatest strengths are customer service, cleaning, and plant care, but she is a quick learner and is always keen to help out.
Erik has a degree is neurobiology, and works as a laboratory technician. He is skilled in gardening, cleaning, sailing, and building. He is a very strong young guy and can be a great helping hand with manual labor. He has experience working in construction and is happy to help with any building projects you may have!
Age
27 & 26

What else ...
Julianne and Erik are both kind, hard working and very friendly, happy individuals that love to help others and spend time outside. Erik is dedicated to practicing jiu jitsu and loves martial arts. Julianne also loves to exercise, and spends much of her free time painting and drawing. Both of us love to hike, surf, swim, and explore new places. We are so excited for the new people we will get to meet on our journeys!

Some more information

Smoker

Driver's licence

Allergies
Julianne is allergic to codeine
Special dietary requirements




