Seliene & Maarten

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We are Maarten (34) and Seliene (29), a couple from Belgium travelling in Latin America.

We are both nature lovers. For Seliene, being outside and connecting with nature is an important source of happiness, and vital for having a balanced life. At home she loves spending time with our chickens, working in our little vegetable garden, growing herbs or taking long walks outside. Seliene is studying herbalism and is therefore very interested in medicinal plants. She would be delighted if she can take home some Amazonian plant knowledge. In our kitchen there is always brewing something, from Kombucha to elderflower syrup, from home baked bread to dried meals. Besides that she practices yoga and meditation, which gives her rest and stability in her sometimes busy daily life.

For Maarten, there is always something to explore outdoors. He does rock climbing, loves hiking and trekking in the mountains and if he could, he would one day love to work as a mountain guide. Besides this, he also has some construction experience, makes our own cupboards, and built his own campervan to travel with.

Both of us are well-traveled, and we both have experience with volunteer work. Seliene did workaways on biological farms, in ecocommunities, yoga centers. And Maarten volunteered in permaculture farms and indigenous communities, and in refugee camps. Throughout his travels in Latin America Maarten learnt Spanish and Seliene has started to learn it now.

We both eat vegetarian or vegan. We are enthusiastic people, very eager to learn new things, interested to hear and share stories and life experiences. We are looking for a peaceful place with beautiful landscapes to discover, great opportunities to learn new skills and like-minded people/communities.

Interests

Van life

Yoga / Wellness

Vegetarian or vegan

Sustainability

Self development

Outdoor activities

Nature

Mountain

Hitchhiking

LGBTQ

Hiking

Gardening

Farming

Events & social

DIY & crafts

Culture

Art & design

Adventure sports

Languages

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

More details about my language interests
This workawayer has indicated that they would be interested in sharing their language(s) or learning a new language. You can contact them directly to discuss this.

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Life at a Farmstay

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Some knowledge of:  

Eco Projects

Art Projects

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Able to teach about:  

Creating/ Cooking family meals

More details about your skills

- I love cooking vegetarian dishes.
- I like working in the garden, growing food and herbs.
- I am learning about medicinal herbs but I can still learn a lot about this topic.
- I love DIY crafting, I make juwelry and I sew cloths.
- I can teach you how to make natural care products and how to live sustainable.
- I am a certified youth worker and I am an instructor for young animators.
- I am very kind, loving and caring. I, for example, lived and volunteered a long time with people with a physical dissability.

Age

29 & 34

What else ...

I am dreaming of beautifull nights around a campfire with good talks and lovely people.
I am thinking of someday building my own tiny house. So if I can learn some building skills I would be very happy.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies

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  Special dietary requirements
  Vegetarian