Sina

Germany
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Hello!
My name is Sina, and I'm a 29-year-old from Germany. I was raised in a small village near the city Mainz. Growing up surrounded by vineyards and little forests, I have always enjoyed living in nature. After school I spent half a year in New Zealand, where I spent a couple of nice farmstays. I was mostly helping with the gardening, cooking and general maintenance. During my travels through Central America after my bachelor's I worked for several hostels, which I liked a lot. After several years of studying and working in the field of renewable energies I realized that office work is not for me. I'm just to curious what the world has to offer! Today, I freelance as a mountain hiking guide, slackline instructor and mural painter.

I am an organized, social and open-minded person that loves hiking and adventures. It is my passion to bring people together and organize group activities.
Interests

Self development

Sustainability

Farming

Plant care

Languages

Gardening

Drawing & painting

Cooking & food

Animals

Yoga / Wellness

Outdoor activities

Nature

Mountain

Hiking

Camping

Adventure sports
Languages spoken

German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:

Light gardening

Creative DIY projects

Life at a Farmstay

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Animal Care

Hospitality/Tourism

Charity Work

Some knowledge of:

Light maintenance

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Art Projects

Able to teach about:

Languages

Teaching
More details about your skills

GARDENING: I enjoy working outside and know how to deal with any kind of weather
COOKING: I never learned explicitly, but I think the food I prepare is delicoius!
ANIMAL CARE: growing up I always had animals around, what I really loved
CREATIVITY: one of my favourite hobbies is painting and drawing, in my gallery you can see some of my art work
LANGUAGES: always love to learn something new and to improve my skills, I also have experience in teaching english, french and spanish to children
Age

30
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- Driver's licence
- Allergies
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14 Jul 2026

Left by Workawayer () for host (Help us with the animals and ...)

I stayed on the farm from March 18th until May 18th 2026 and it had been adventure in many ways! At first, getting to the farm is not that easy, since it is quite remote. Ásgeir told me he could pick me up at the airport, but one day before my arrival he told me he confused the dates and he had been in Reykjavík already the day before. So, I had … read more one night in Reykjavík and booked a very expansive national flight from Reykjavík to Bíldudalur, which I had to pay myself. Fortunately, the weather was very good on the day of the flight. It is a very small airplane which can only carry 10 passengers and you have great views over the ocean and the island.

In March, temperatures can still be very low and there were days with incredibly strong winds that piled up the snow in front of the doors and windows. It was crazy. In this year, I was the first workawayer to come to the farm and others would only come in the mid of April, which I didn’t know before. So, the first weeks on the farm I was mostly alone with Stína (#redacted# years) and her son Barði (#redacted# years) who speak almost now English. Ásgeir speaks very good English but at that time he was almost never there. It was a good chance for me to learn Icelandic, but at the same time I was often bored and there was almost nothing to do. I laid the table for the meals, washed the dishes, but apart from that I always had to look for tasks and communication was often not so easy. Nevertheless, Stína and Barði are very warm and friendly people.

I really liked the feeding of the sheep, which had to be done twice a day. They also had 4 border collies which had to spend 99% of the day in tiny transport boxes next to the kitchen and they were barking all day it made everyone crazy and it was quite disturbing for me.

When more workawayers came, we moved from the main house to the workawayers house, which I had to clean by myself completely. It is very cosy and has its own kitchen and bathroom, but on cold and windy days it gets very chilly inside.

The lambing season started around April 20th. The ewes had been put together with the rams in early winter in two phases. Since the farmers approximately know how long pregnancy is, they can make rough calculations on the ewes would give birth and it comes in two waves. Make sure you are ready to see not only healthy sheep and cute lambs jumping over green fields (which is very cute of course), but also a lot of blood, dead sheep and lamb and miscarriage.

The farm needs the workawayers #redacted#. If they employed Icelandic workers, they would have to pay them much more and they can’t afford that. On the workaway page it says you would work around 5 hours a day and have 2 days off per week, but that’s not true. During the lambing season you will have no day off, work around 8 hours per day and it is very exhausting. I suffered a rib contusion while working in the stable and another workawayer hurt her knee quite severely. We both kept on working, since otherwise the other workawayers would have to work even more. Also, it seemed to me that none of the farmers actually cared about it. At one point it actually felt like #redacted# to me. At least there was (almost) always enough food for everyone.

For me, staying on Ásgeir’s farm was definitely an adventure. Even though it drained me a lot physically and mentally, I am happy for this experience. Don’t go there for the money, because the payment is actually nothing (approx. 60€ per week. Icelandic minimum wage is normally…). On this way, it is possible fort he sheep farm to survive. Without the workawayers, the famre could not keep up this lifestyle and, like many other sheep farms in the surrounding, they would have to stop their business. I have to add that they paid only three months later after I left the farm and they transferred even less than they should have. After that they didn’t react to my messages anymore, which gives the experience a huge downer for me. So when you go there, don’t do it fort he money, but fort he experience and you can consider it as voluntary/social work.

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12 Jul 2026

Left by host (General help in the house and ...) for Workawayer ()

Sina was here for a month, mid May till mid June.
She is a wonderful person and helped me enormously in my huge garden. Small as she is there was no task she didnt manange!
We became close friends and I miss her much. I whish all workawayers were like she❤️
Thank you Sina and welcome back anytime.

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27 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer () for host (Adventurers welcome at our ...)

In September I spent two weeks at this little beautiful ranch. Vero and Eddie are very open and kind people who need some help at the place in different domains like administration, cleaning, painting and also child care. Eliza, the two year old daughter, is very cute and lovely and playing with her was very fun for me. On duty I was mostly … read more

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14 Jul 2026

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12 Jul 2026

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27 Sep 2018

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8 Aug 2018

Left by Workawayer for host (Seeking easy-going, ...)

I spent 3 weeks at Greg`s hostel in beautiful Boquete. It was one of the best times of my life! Greg, the other volunteers, the pets and the guests were all awesome. I made really good friends there. The shifts are very well divided between the volunteers and you have enough free time to explore the surroundings. In Boquete there is so much to do: … read more

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1 Aug 2018

Left by host for Workawayer

Sina was an excellent volunteer - our duties include cleaning and reception, however, Sina went above and beyond by painting an amazing mural for our hostel!!! We love it so much. Sina got along great with our other guests, other volunteers, and our pets. We highly recommend Sina!

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19 Jul 2018

Left by host for Workawayer

Shes a sweet little thing who loves the environment, is highly educated intelligent and perfect for the reception position. She works hard also.

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19 Jul 2018

Left by Workawayer for host (Join our hostel on the ...)

I stayed a week at the hotel in small Manzanillo which is owned by Bryan and his wife. The shifts are fair divided between the volunteers and you have enough freetime to explore the surroundings, like the Jaguar Rescue Center or the Manzanillo National Park. At the time I stayed there there were always at least 5 other volunteers around. The place … read more

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