Charlette & MIKKEL

Spain & Denmark
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Description
Nos encantan el senderismo y el ciclismo, la tranquilidad y paz de estar en plena naturaleza y los animales. Las ciudades grandes no nos llaman mucho la atención, preferimos conocer gente en espacios más relajados y compartir experiencias en las que podemos aprender nuevas habilidades y enfocar en nuestro desarrollo personal.

En workaways anteriores, hemos aprendido sobre el cultivo (quitando malezas, produciendo carbón, preparando la tierra y sembrando hortalizas), y la construcción (haciendo adobe y mezclando cemento, cavando trincheras y baños secos).

Nuestras pasiones fundamentales son escribir, enseñar y crear contenido. Charlette está en el medio de escribir una novela y Mikkel está creando videos de Youtube sobre temas medioambientales. Entretanto trabajamos como profesores de inglés a tiempo parcial.
Interests
Yoga / Wellness
Politics / Social justice
Hiking
Technology
Sustainability
Nature
Music
Mountain
Books
Languages
Fitness
Writing
Culture
Plant care
Cooking & food
Cycling
Blogging
Dancing
Self development
Animals

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Languages
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Intermediate
German: Beginner
More details about my language interests
Los dos enseñamos inglés. Mikkel también enseña danés, y Charlette enseña español para principiantes.
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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Being an elderly companion
General Maintenance
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Charity Work
Able to teach about:
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Languages
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
More details about your skills
Los dos somos profesores de inglés con certificados de TEFL y más de 5 años de experiencia.
Mikkel crea contenido para YouTube con videos sobre temas medioambientales.
Es también instructor de yoga y muy buen cocinero. Los dos también practicamos acroyoga.
Charlette tiene experiencia en traducción e interpretación (inglés español), hostelería (como recepcionista, camarera y anfitriona) y en escribir blogs y artículos.
Nosotros tenemos experiencia en agricultura adquerida de nuestros workaways previos, así que tenemos unas nociones sobre el cultivo de alimentos, la elaboración del carbón, la cosecha y la siembra
Age
31 & 30
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  una alergia leve de polen y ciertas especias de árbol.
- Special dietary requirements

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29 Jul 2023

Left by Workawayer (Charlette & MIKKEL) for host (Come share a piece of ...)

We spent almost three weeks at Thomas's lodge and it was an experience.
LOCATION> The location is really lovely, surrounded by coconut and orange trees with a tropical forest that Thomas gives new volunteers a tour of at the weekend (the jungle tour). An hour and a half walk will take you to a nice waterfall, or if you prefer to stay on-site, the… read more river near the property leads up to some natural swimming pools and places to jump.
FACILITIES> The facilities are VERY basic. While we were there, we were sharing one toilet between up to 12 people. There is also only one cooking stove, so communal cooking is recommended for lunches and dinners (DISCLAIMER: meals are not free and volunteers have to pay 5 dollars a day for food). During our stay, there were also problems with the electricity and the water supply (either no water at all, or brown water). Thomas has since thankfully provided filters, but bringing your own filter bottle is highly recommended (there is also a natural spring near the river, so you can also fill your bottle there).
WORK > Perhaps it was the period we were there, but we were quite disappointed to find that were no opportunities to make coconut oil or soap and the re-forestation programme had been put on hold. Instead, almost all our work revolved around construction. For people looking to get fit, this is the place for you. Most days we were carrying rocks and sand up and down the hill, mixing cement and digging holes. Apart from one local who came to teach us how to make adobe clay during two days, there were no local workers on-site and all the work was done by the volunteers and Thomas. Although we were happy for the exercise, organisation and delegation of work were lacking and we did not feel that we were learning much, especially as our main objective for coming to the ecolodge was to learn about cultivation, forestation, eco-living and, most importantly, how to make coconut oil.
COMMUNITY > Living with people from different countries and walks of life was fantastic. Solving daily challenges together, cooking as a team, playing games and evening work-outs made the time there very special, and I would even say magical. Unfortunately, we didn't have many opportunities with working with the local community which was a shame as we had expected to work with them on various eco-projects.
Overall, the experience was interesting. Although we did not learn anything about cultivating, soap or coconut oil, we did learn a lot about living together as a big jungle family. Thomas has since got a motor for the coconut factory so hopefully the next volunteers will have the opportunity to do something other than construction work.

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30 Jun 2023

Left by host (Organic farm, Eco-Lodge & ...) for Workawayer (Charlette & MIKKEL)

These guys are great! They have a really nice energy to them. They are smart and hard working. They didn't shy away from some of the harder work we had to do on the farm. We would be happy to receive them again and recommend them for all your volunteer projects!

(Excellent )

19 Jun 2023

Left by Workawayer (Charlette & MIKKEL) for host (Organic farm, Eco-Lodge & ...)

This was our first experience volunteering and it was incredible. Kind and caring people who were always there to offer help and recommendations. We learnt so much about permaculture and farm life, the meals were excellent and the environment was just what we were looking for. Peaceful and calm but with the social aspect that made the experience… read more

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