Rui

From: Portugal

Account Type
Individual account
Travelling to
Portugal
Travel dates
01/08/2020 - 31/12/2021
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My status
Travelling
Description
Hi! I am Rui Duque, I have 40 year old and I am from Portugal. I am friendly, funny and honest. I like walking in nature, photography and joy.

My last travel is walking and hitchhiking around Portugal in August of 2020. I look for a place to work, share and write the book of this journey.

I travel to this places: Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, United Kingdon, Holand, Germany, India, EUA. 😃

What you could expect from me: work with comitment, respect, motivation and adaptacion. Act like i am working in my place with respect for environment and animals. Being part of family. Smile, laught and joy.

The best you can offer: briefing day before, teach me how to do it, private room with clean blankets, 2 days off, 3 hot meals and a place to dry my wet clothes from the daily work (in winter).
Interests
Mountain
Nature
Camping
Hitchhiking
Adventure sports
Fitness
Dancing
Hiking
Farming
Sustainability
Languages
Art & design
DIY & crafts
Writing
Books
Music
Photography
Cooking & food
Self development
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Gardening
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Animal Care
Art Projects
Some knowledge of:
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Able to teach about:
Babysitting and creative play
Language practice
Teaching
More details about your skills
In the last 6 years i have done so many taks, courses and experiences that i have 7 pages of curriculum. :D

I could work with wood, cut wood with chain saw and organized them. Clean the forest with brush cutter, manual tools or by hand. I already work with bio construction. I build own kitchen with strawbales but i am happy to learn more about it.

Taking care of vegetables garden. Planting, plucking erbs, water them, etc....

I used to organized and clean rooms. For exemple, organize nails, screws and tools in a barn is perfect for me.

I also can work with internet tools, the backoffice Wordpress and image programs, Lightroom and Ilustrator. I work as well as Yoga, Meditacion and Numerology teacher.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
French: Beginner
More details about my language interests
Teaching Portuguese
Age
41
What else ...
I prefer work alone at my own pace.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  Yes to people desorganized.
- Special dietary requirements
  No

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02/02/2021

Left by host (Join our family and help with ...) for Workawayer (Rui)

We took long to give a feedback to Rui because that it is hard to do a public avaluation of a friend.
It was a great joy to share time and space with Rui. He's very funny, carefull and kind person, always taking care about people, animals and space around.
Very quickly our shy daughter connected with Rui and start to play with him, and also our… read more

(Excellent )

31/12/2020

Left by Workawayer (Rui) for host for (Join our family and help with ...)

This experience was the best way to end the year in a big way. I spent a week and a half with this family but I would stay with them forever: D I arrived on a gray and rainy day but the way with Miguel and Yulia received me illuminated my heart and my path until today.

The place is very beautiful, full of mountains, trees and even bamboo with a… read more

(Excellent )

15/12/2020

Left by host (Looking for volunteers to ...) for Workawayer (Rui)

We are very grateful to have met Rui and have him helping us here at the farm.
Rui is a very special person and truly engaged in the work and learning. We got a lot done!
We can only recommend him and rate him a 5* workawayer!
After many laughs we also found a true sensible and responsible person whose engagement is total and with excellent… read more

(Excellent )

05/12/2020

Left by Workawayer (Rui) for host for (Looking for volunteers to ...)

That hug I got from Joaquim when he picked me up on the bus was fantastic. When we arrived at the farm, I was equally delighted with the presence of Mariana and her daughter. From that day on, I benefited from the beautiful mountain landscape through hiking and a wide variety of works that enriched me as a person. Some of the works I carried out:… read more

(Excellent )

02/10/2019

Left by host (Help on a horse refuge farm ...) for Workawayer (Rui)

Dear Rui,
the first feedback I wrote somehow disappeared, so here comes another one:
Thank you very much for the lots of (very good) work you gave me, even when your official working times were over, for your diligence and good ideas, for cleaning and tidying, for being patient with my crazy dog, for cooking and many interesting talks! Always… read more

(Excellent )

19/09/2019

Left by Workawayer (Rui) for host for (Help on a horse refuge farm ...)

I stay one week with Armgard farm. I have beautiful moments fix the fence, cleaning the death leafs, shake the tree to get "alfarroba", carry stones making "Tetris" with them and cleaning and organize the workshop. Armgard can easily motivate because of his happy spirit that transform everything in love, especial the animals that live in this… read more

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10/07/2019

Left by host (Family eco-project in need of ...) for Workawayer (Rui)

Rui is a kind, considerate, helpful and funny person. We very much enjoyed his stay with us and feel enriched by the experience. He has a great character and it was a pleasure to meet such a free soul.

He was very happy to take his own initiative with tasks around the farm. He joyfully played with the children and was very patient at giving many… read more

(Excellent )

08/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Rui) for host for (Family eco-project in need of ...)

Having met Kate and Matt's farm was the best thing that has happened to me lately. The fact that they
being so open, friendly and true, left me amazed. I felt part of the family, completely integrated. I miss you!

I found Matt's approach very interesting, showing me the farm and the works which could be done during my stay. This gave me the… read more freedom to manage the jobs I did during my stay. Kate's approach to the next day's work was also very interesting because it allowed her to create a whole series of conditions of learning and intervention of my opinions.

The works that I developed were, digging the earth to pass the water pipe, taking out
the roots of the throns, help build a wooden hut for the ducklings, planted cucumbers and pumpkins, moved the remnants of the forest clearing for the compost, I helped fill the reservoirs with water and set up the trampoline. Not that I was asked, but felt the urge to do babysitting, take care of the cleaning of the room and wash the dishes.

To finish I loved to sing for Pepe, play with Frankie, tell jokes with John and participate in dinner sharing with neighbors with an enriched musical moment. I leave this experience very enriched. Thank you very much

Portuguese

Ter conhecido a quinta da Kate e do Matt foi a melhor coisa que me aconteceu nos últimos tempos. O facto de eles
serem tão abertos, simpáticos e verdadeiros deixou-me maravilhado. Senti-me parte da família, completamente integrado. Tenho saudades vossas!

Achei muito interessante a abordagem que foi feita pelo Matt, mostrando-me a quinta e os trabalhos que poderiam ser feitos durante a minha estadia. Isso deu-me a liberdade de gerir os trabalhos que fiz no decorrer da minha estadia. A abordagem da Kate para a realização dos trabalhos para o dia seguinte, também foi muito interessante porque permitiu criar toda uma série de condições de aprendizagem e de intervenção das minhas opiniões. Os trabalhos que desenvolvi foram, cavar a terra para passar o tubo da água, tirar as raízes das silvas, ajudar a construir uma casota de madeira para os patinhos, plantei pepinos e abóboras, desloquei os restos da limpeza da floresta para o composto, ajudei a encher os depósitos com água e a montar o trampolim. Não que me tenha sido pedido, mas senti a vontade de fazer babysitting, cuidar da limpeza da sala e lavar os pratos.

Para finalizar adorei cantar para o Pepe, brincar com a Frankie, dizer piadas com o John e participar no jantar de partilha com os vizinhos com um enriquecido momento musical. Saio desta experiência muito enriquecido. Muito, muito obrigado.

Rui Duque

(Excellent )

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