From: Germany
Individual account
Colombia, Mexico
05/03/2019 - 05/05/2020
Hey Guys!
My name is Alex, a 28 years old half Russian half German traveller, who hits the road again!
In year 2014 I´ve completely changed my life, when I quit my law studies, got me an Interrail ticket and went from Germany to Netherlands, Belgium, France, Monaco and Italy. After this trip I was hungry for more, so I went straight to Australia, bought a car, lived inside it and moved from place to place, to work, meet nice people and being alive! After nearly a year, 20.000 kilometres and a full circle around Australia I went for 3 months to Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand) and then back to Germany. After 3 years of studying and working as a Social Worker I was ready for more adventures and travelled from Germany to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Spain. After this amazing 5 months trip I realised the dream of my life and travelled with the Trans-Siberian Railway from Saint Petersburg to Ulan Bator, the capitol of Mongolia! I had problems to enter into China, so I went to South Korea and then to Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. Now I´m here, ready for new adventures :)
When I look back at my travels, I realise, that the most interesting and memorably moments I´ve head were not only with other backpackers but specially with local people. They opened my eyes for their culture, showed me beautiful places, which you never find in a “Lonely Planet” and gave me the feeling, that I´m really on a journey and not a tourist on holidays. This is the reason, why I want to do Workaway!
I´m a well-balanced person between Sport/Action and reading plus late night talks in the kitchen. I wouldn’t call me an extrovert or an introvert, just someone, who knows, when he wants to be around people and when the moment is right to take some “Me-Time”.
I´ve already done HelpX, WOOFing and stayed with 6 hosts, who I found here on Workaway, so there is experience with volunteering.
There are many interesting people I met during my travels and I worked, for the last 3 years, in an institution for people with a drug addiction. So, I think, there are some stories, that I can share, but to be honest, I prefer to listen to people and hear about their life’s.
So, guys, I´m seeing forward to hear from you and hopefully to spend some time together!
Alex 😊
Babysitting / child care
Elderly Companion
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Help in the house
Language practice
Teaching
- During my time at school I worked 5 years in a restaurant’s kitchen, so I´m always in to cook a nice meal and to learn new recipes.
- Also, I have done every kind of work during my traveling: working in a hostel, gardening, fruit picking, construction work, babysitting, working in the kitchen (again) and so on. Is there anything I can help at the household, I will do it, as good as I can!
- At the university I worked as a tutor, so if there are children in the house, I can help them with the homework. And if the kids, or maybe you, want to learn some German, Russian or English, I made a 120-Hour online TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course and I already taught in an English school in Cambodia, where I had pupils between 6 and 20 years old :)
German, Russian, English, little Spanish
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German/Russian
#Boxing #Calisthenics #Cooking #Chess #Existentialism #GoPro #Guitar #Lo-FI #MMA #Mountain Biking #Muay Thai #Road Trip #Reading&Writing #Running #Social Work #Sport #Taoism #Train Travel #Traveling #Workaway #Zen
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
No
Special dietary requirements
No
