Louisa & Zach

United States
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For the past five years Louisa and I have worked seasonally in restaurants and resorts in Washington state, usually spending the busy summer season working and saving money to be able to travel around the world for the rest of the year. We've traveled a bit around southeast Asia, all over Europe, and during our last couple trips spent over a year total exploring Latin America between Mexico City and Lima. It's been incredible and there's so much more to see!

With everything going on in the world right now we figured it was a good time to explore more of our own huge, diverse, amazing country, so we spent several months this year road-tripping around the west, middle, and northeast of the country. We were even able to hike the Tahoe Rim Trail and the northern terminus of the PCT! To cap off this crazy year Louisa is taking a job training/ riding horses for an Olympic 3 day eventer based in Florida. While she is focused on exploring possibilities returning to the professional horse world I intend to keep exploring this beautiful country and I hope see and learn new things and meet great people in the process! I look forward to meeting you!
Interests
Mountain
Beach
Camping
Hitchhiking
Sailing / Boating
Adventure sports
Fitness
Yoga / Wellness
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Charity work
Gardening
Carpentry
Sustainability
Animals
Pets
Languages
DIY & crafts
Writing
Books

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Being an elderly companion
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Charity Work
Art Projects
Teaching
Some knowledge of:
Babysitting and creative play
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Language practice
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
Most of my professional experience has been waiting tables, which leaves me woefully ignorant of many things I would love to have more expertise in, like sustainable agriculture, carpentry, culinary skills, art, music, animal husbandry, etc. But I think I make up for my lack of specific knowledge by generally being a quick learner with a hunger to know more and gain new skills and help out wherever I am. Additionally, I have some experience volunteering in hostels in Columbia, helping with bamboo construction in one of those hostels, child care through working at an after-school program in high school and being the eldest of four kids, and also taking care of animals from my family's dogs in Nebraska to the street dogs I've befriended across over 40 countries.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
More details about my language interests
Always interested in learning, and I have some experience (6 months) teaching English to school kids outside of Seville, Spain.
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Age
28 & 29
What else ...
Couchsurfing Profiles:
https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/zach.smith.1
www.couchsurfing.com/louisa-richards
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ThnmDhliqBUmv6U2Rj2Og
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- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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29/04/2019

Left by host (Come help out at our hostel ...) for Workawayer (Louisa & Zach)

Louisa was an awesome volunteer! Really sweet, kind, fun, smart, y a hard worker. We missed getting to meet Zach by just a couple of days but I have a feeling he is a gem as well (he's from Nebraska so how can he not be? ha). We really enjoyed having Louisa here with us. She has a really great personality for guest service work. We would have… read more

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29/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Louisa & Zach) for host for (Come help out at our hostel ...)

I had such a great time here! Mendee and Andre are both lovely people that I got to spend time getting to know. First of all, this hostel has a way of attracting tons of super cool guests. Since my primary job was hanging out in the evening and occasionally getting people beers, I met great people and made some really good friends. They have two… read more

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12/04/2019

Left by host (Come and help our family on ...) for Workawayer (Louisa & Zach)

We were pleased to welcome’s Zach and Louisa as a very first workaday experience and did spend 10 great days together.
We had such a great time sharing ideas, travel experiences and potential projects for the ranch.
Our 3 kids had an amazing experiences with Zack and Louisa, playing chess, practicing their English and horse riding together.
Having… read more

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05/03/2019

Left by Workawayer (Louisa & Zach) for host for (Come and help our family on ...)

If I could leave 11/5 stars, I would. It was such an honor to be the first WorkAway Volunteers!! Such an incredibly beautiful place full of incredibly beautiful people. We were treated as family from the moment we arrived. The family is full of warmth and joy, and we shared many meals, drinks, games, and laughs together.

We worked a lot with the… read more

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14/01/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Louisa & Zach)

Louisa and Zach bought energy to the hostel and were so friendly and lovely. They helped build furniture at the new hostel, Riverside, and also working on reception, welcoming and showing guests around. They are easy-going couple, who are fun and chilled to hang out with. Thanks for all your help and safe travels!

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06/01/2019

Left by Workawayer (Louisa & Zach) for host for (Scaling up to impact our ...)

We leaned a lot about bamboo construction working at the Riverside location with Jorge, and also had a lot of fun with the power tools ;) It was the perfect combination of working hard at the farm for a few days of the week, then chilling on reception for a few days working with Jess. There are always a ton of other volunteers to hang out with and… read more

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29/04/2019

Left by host (Come help out at our hostel ...) for Workawayer (Louisa & Zach)

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29/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Louisa & Zach) for host for (Come help out at our hostel ...)

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12/04/2019

Left by host (Come and help our family on ...) for Workawayer (Louisa & Zach)

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05/03/2019

Left by Workawayer (Louisa & Zach) for host for (Come and help our family on ...)

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14/01/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Louisa & Zach)

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06/01/2019

Left by Workawayer (Louisa & Zach) for host for (Scaling up to impact our ...)

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25/12/2018

Left by Workawayer (Louisa & Zach) for host for (Welcome to our eco-project in ...)

We had a lot of fun working with Jose! This hostel is super chilled/laidback and has a really nice atmosphere. We are sad to leave our favorite town, but this was a really great first WorkAway experience. We will miss all of our volunteer friends from here and the sister hostel on the other side of town!

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24/12/2018

Left by host (Welcome to our eco-project in ...) for Workawayer (Louisa & Zach)

Zach & Louisa are such of great people! They were taking care of the hostel with an amazing vibe, superb friendly all the time with all the guests, they were very easygoing and responsible with all the tasks! Highly recommend this cute couple to help and have fun with anything!
Zach y Louisa! Una linda pareja con una excelente energía, siempre… read more

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