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Travelling
Our next destination:
Cambodia - from Feb 2024 until Mar 2024 View allDescription
We are a couple that met during a month-long yoga teacher training course in India, and have been travelling together ever since. Coming from completely opposite backgrounds, we have bonded over a mutual passion for unique travel experiences. We are excited to spend our time learning and growing together through different volunteering opportunities that expand and challenge us in our own ways, force us out of our comfort zones, and utilize our expansive experience and energy.
A bit about us individually:
Simon: "Over the last 12 years my primary vocation has been working in the outdoors in various positions such as: a kayak guide in Spain; a hiking/watersports guide in United Arab Emirates; a surf instructor in England; and a glacier guide in Iceland.
Also, during this time I have travelled extensively whilst undertaking many workaway and volunteering positions that include: teaching English in Indonesia, Cambodia & Vietnam; working at Lion sanctuary in Zimbabwe; dog sitting in the Dolomites for two months; building bungalows on a farm in Thailand over three weeks; and spent a month volunteering and doing admin work at a hostel in Guatemala."
Suruchi: "I just recently quit my decade-long corporate career to slow down and shift my attention to my other passions, which include traveling, meeting new people, and volunteering in different areas to develop and learn new skills.
I've lived in many different countries and held various positions, working with global clients on a wide variety of projects and topics. I'm looking forward to bringing those skills to this new chapter in my life.
In my spare time, I have also spent a number of years volunteering with underserved communities, specifically children, as a Court Appointed Special Advocate in California; and served on a volunteer board for a nonprofit supporting young girls through outdoor education.
I have traded in my Dior slingbacks for hiking boots and a backpack and am enjoying every moment, challenges and all."Interests
FitnessCharity workBooksCooking & foodCyclingHistoryHikingMountainSailing / BoatingWinter sportsWater sportsYoga / WellnessHitchhikingNatureOutdoor activitiesCampingAnimalsAdventure sportsLanguages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: IntermediateSkills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
GardeningDIY and building projectsBabysitting and creative playBeing an elderly companionCreating/ Cooking family mealsGeneral MaintenanceLife at a FarmstayEco ProjectsHelping around the houseAnimal CareCharity WorkLanguagesArt ProjectsSome knowledge of:
Hospitality/TourismHelping with Computers/ InternetTeachingMore details about your skills
Qualifications;
PADI Advanced Open Water & Dry Suit
NOLS 10 day Wilderness First Responder
BCU Level 1 Coach - Kayak and Canoe. (Canoe 3*)
RLSS Beach Lifeguard
Fitness Instructor
Higher National Diploma in Internet Technologies & ApplicationsAge
38 & 31
What else ...
12years outdoor activity instructing experience. Have previously taught English in Vietnam and Cambodia.
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The work is very pleasant, the hostel is an oasis, Jennie is incredible accomodating, and overall a perfect opportunity to take dirt cheap Spanish classes. Discounts on tours/shuttles also come in handy.
If I end up travelling through Guatemala again next year I will be back.
What you've forgotten to tell, is that you have helped me with new… read more
Anir was a lovely host and very generous, from picking me up at Oliveira to sharing a picnic up the Serra Estrella mountains.
The jobs were simple enough and weather held out long enough to rake leaves and chop lots of wood amonist others.
Unfortunately I… read more
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The work is very pleasant, the hostel is an oasis, Jennie is incredible accomodating, and overall a perfect opportunity to take dirt cheap Spanish classes. Discounts on tours/shuttles also come in handy.
If I end up travelling through Guatemala again next year I will be back.
What you've forgotten to tell, is that you have helped me with new… read more
Anir was a lovely host and very generous, from picking me up at Oliveira to sharing a picnic up the Serra Estrella mountains.
The jobs were simple enough and weather held out long enough to rake leaves and chop lots of wood amonist others.
Unfortunately I… read more