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Hello,
We are Tom (USA) and Sol (Argentina). Sol has just finished her studies of art in Spain, Poland and Brazil, and Tom is a musician and writer who currently works as a certified English teacher.
We are very excited to come to Ecuador!
While traveling we plan to make music, art and stories dedicated to helping the earth and addressing the disconnect of human civilization with our environment.
We have worked on organic farms and gardens, in hostels, and doing many other jobs for hosts in the past. Tom worked on a landscape gardening crew in the United States and has experience building stone walls (photo in profile).
Sol has painted many murals for hosts in the past, in Europe, South America, and the United States. You can see examples of her work in our profile, and you can find her other art here:
https://www.solanzorena.art/
https://www.instagram.com/sol.anzorena.art/
You can also find our original music here:
https://youtu.be/1UntEGMC-cU?si=XuaWTFoKqdVXU1_g
An important note: we are strict vegans. However, it does not bother us if other people are preparing and eating animal products.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Interests
WritingVegetarian or veganSustainabilityPlant careOutdoor activitiesMountainHistoryDancingCooking & foodBooksArt & designFarmingDIY & craftsHikingNaturePhotographyPetsMusicAnimalsHitchhiking
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Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Portuguese: FluentMore details about my language interests
Tom is a certified English teacher.
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Being an elderly companion
Helping around the house
Charity Work
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Able to teach about:
Eco Projects
Languages
Art Projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
More details about your skills
-- General manual labor
-- Gardening / Farming / Animal care
-- Mural painting
-- Music and art instruction
-- Cooking / Cleaning
-- We are flexible to learn any and all tasks you need us to do!
Age
36 & 27
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
We are vegans, but while traveling we can adapt to a vegetarian diet. We do not have complicated diets and are happy to eat basic foods like rice, beans, and vegetables.
Feedback
24 Feb 2020
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Himalayan eco alternative ...)
This place is amazing. Adi and Prianka have done a great job developing the Farm and there are many thoughtful touches. They are very eager to share and be shared with, so if you have anything to teach, do not be afraid to offer. Every day there is the possibility for yoga or meditation, and they also organized cooking classes at our request. The… read more
(Excellent
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31 Dec 2019
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Join us at our Centre ...)
We had a great two weeks at Prem's organic farming community near Banda. Prem is very knowledgeable about many topics, and we had some great conversations around the fire. Work was not difficult, and Sol had the opportunity to paint some nice artwork: a tribal cow, a portrait of Gandhi, and others. We also got the chance to visit a local jail to… read more
(Excellent
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31 Dec 2019
Left by host (Join us at our Centre ...) for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
Tom and Sol are a very nice couple. Tom is from America and Sol is originally from Argentina. Very complimentary for each other and for the farm also.
Tom is a good teacher and has good values and insight. He is also a very good musician. We are grateful to have his music on the farm. We also had local musicians come join him on the farm. We… read more
Tom is a good teacher and has good values and insight. He is also a very good musician. We are grateful to have his music on the farm. We also had local musicians come join him on the farm. We… read more
(Excellent
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27 Dec 2019
Left by host (Connect with yourself at our ...) for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
Tom and Sol are excellant people to work with. Together they provide a number of
skills like gardening, construction, heavy labor, art/illustration skills, music, photography and dance.
We even had a session of cultural exchange every evening. It was a very good learning experience for us at Sehtavan - knowing from their travel experiments.
We… read more
skills like gardening, construction, heavy labor, art/illustration skills, music, photography and dance.
We even had a session of cultural exchange every evening. It was a very good learning experience for us at Sehtavan - knowing from their travel experiments.
We… read more
(Excellent
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23 Nov 2019
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Connect with yourself at our ...)
This is one of the most unique WorkAway experiences we've had. Drinking from natural water sources, bathing in the stream, walking through the nearby forest -- I think we have never felt more connected to nature, and we were sad to leave after three weeks.
The people here are great and we made nice friends we hope and plan to see again (in fact… read more
The people here are great and we made nice friends we hope and plan to see again (in fact… read more
(Excellent
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Feedback
24 Feb 2020
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Himalayan eco alternative ...)
This place is amazing. Adi and Prianka have done a great job developing the Farm and there are many thoughtful touches. They are very eager to share and be shared with, so if you have anything to teach, do not be afraid to offer. Every day there is the possibility for yoga or meditation, and they also organized cooking classes at our request. The… read more
(Excellent
)
31 Dec 2019
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Join us at our Centre ...)
We had a great two weeks at Prem's organic farming community near Banda. Prem is very knowledgeable about many topics, and we had some great conversations around the fire. Work was not difficult, and Sol had the opportunity to paint some nice artwork: a tribal cow, a portrait of Gandhi, and others. We also got the chance to visit a local jail to… read more
(Excellent
)
31 Dec 2019
Left by host (Join us at our Centre ...) for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
Tom and Sol are a very nice couple. Tom is from America and Sol is originally from Argentina. Very complimentary for each other and for the farm also.
Tom is a good teacher and has good values and insight. He is also a very good musician. We are grateful to have his music on the farm. We also had local musicians come join him on the farm. We… read more
Tom is a good teacher and has good values and insight. He is also a very good musician. We are grateful to have his music on the farm. We also had local musicians come join him on the farm. We… read more
(Excellent
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27 Dec 2019
Left by host (Connect with yourself at our ...) for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
Tom and Sol are excellant people to work with. Together they provide a number of
skills like gardening, construction, heavy labor, art/illustration skills, music, photography and dance.
We even had a session of cultural exchange every evening. It was a very good learning experience for us at Sehtavan - knowing from their travel experiments.
We… read more
skills like gardening, construction, heavy labor, art/illustration skills, music, photography and dance.
We even had a session of cultural exchange every evening. It was a very good learning experience for us at Sehtavan - knowing from their travel experiments.
We… read more
(Excellent
)
23 Nov 2019
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Connect with yourself at our ...)
This is one of the most unique WorkAway experiences we've had. Drinking from natural water sources, bathing in the stream, walking through the nearby forest -- I think we have never felt more connected to nature, and we were sad to leave after three weeks.
The people here are great and we made nice friends we hope and plan to see again (in fact… read more
The people here are great and we made nice friends we hope and plan to see again (in fact… read more
(Excellent
)
25 Dec 2019
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Come and share our love for ...)
We had an amazing three weeks at the farm in the tiger reserve. Only a 30 second walk and we were in the middle of beautiful forest. We saw many wild animals everyday. Abijit (sorry for spelling), Mukul and Pankaj took very good care of us, and we enjoyed wonderful food and conversations. We never went hungry or even close and we learned a lot… read more
(Excellent
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18 Dec 2019
Left by host (Come and share our love for ...) for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
It was a delight to have Thomas and Sol with us. Their energy, music, art, and hard work helped us in many ways. They worked at our farm, helped with some bamboo construction work & painted some murals for us on our walls. While their energy, smiling faces and friendly nature touched many hearts here, what we loved the most was how they cooperated… read more
(Excellent
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27 Nov 2019
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Help us to build mud house at ...)
Yogesh is one of the greatest people we have met on our travels. Always laughing, always smiling. He is full of knowledge about nature, birds, agriculture. Anyone interested in traditional Indian organic farming will learn a ton from him, and have a great time as well. We hope our paths cross again soon!
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8 Mar 2019
Left by host (Help me start up my own ...) for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
Thomas came here not so much as a workawayer, but as a musician looking for a place to put up his tent while doing the music seminars. That was fine with me. He added a lot of good mood!
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15 Feb 2019
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Help me start up my own ...)
This message is coming a bit late, but anyway:
I had the pleasure of spending a month and a half at Jon's place this summer as I attended some music workshops in town. We had many interesting and hilarious conversations, also accompanied by fellow WorkAwayer Alastair. It was especially nice to take a shower (and use the toilet!) outside everyday… read more
I had the pleasure of spending a month and a half at Jon's place this summer as I attended some music workshops in town. We had many interesting and hilarious conversations, also accompanied by fellow WorkAwayer Alastair. It was especially nice to take a shower (and use the toilet!) outside everyday… read more
(Excellent
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16 Sep 2017
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Help us to revamp our house ...)
We had a very nice time with Sarah and Tim. They are very open-minded and enlightened people with whom we felt a strong connection. We had many great conversations and delicious meals. Sarah is a wonderful cook and Tim's shephard pie is not to be underestimated either. Work was varied and fair and we always felt we had plenty of free time to relax… read more
(Excellent
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12 Sep 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
We had a great time with Tom and Sol working together, playing music together and getting to know each other. Sol did the most astonishing, wonderful Mural in our guesthouse. So artistic! We ask her to do a Red Deer standing at lake with some hills behind and she took off from there creating a beautiful image which everybody now stops to look and… read more
(Excellent
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2 Sep 2017
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Help on our family homestead ...)
We had a great time with these guys. The family is very fun and unique. Declan and Marion are interesting, cheerful, open-minded people, and their kids Fiona and Fergus are very sweet and intelligent, spending their time playing outdoors and reading instead of just staring at screens like most kids these days! Work was fair and not difficult. Sol… read more
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14 Oct 2015
Left by host (Come and help on our small ...) for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
I am afraid I have been quite negligent in writing my reviews and for this I apologise.
Tom and Sole were such a cute, friendly and fun couple. They are both very artistic, play a variety of musical instruments and were a great addition to our household for a few short weeks.
Sole painted a gorgeous mural on one of our walls and also pimped… read more
Tom and Sole were such a cute, friendly and fun couple. They are both very artistic, play a variety of musical instruments and were a great addition to our household for a few short weeks.
Sole painted a gorgeous mural on one of our walls and also pimped… read more
(Excellent
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30 Jun 2015
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Come and help on our small ...)
We had a very nice time in our two and a half weeks with Pie and Sharif! They were very hospitable hosts with great senses of humor. We were always well provided for, with some of the best food we had on our whole trip. Pie treated us on occasion to delicious Malaysian and Sri Lankan vegetarian dishes. We arrived at the end of the season, so there… read more
(Excellent
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6 Aug 2015
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Help at a farm in Malargüe, ...)
Lo pasamos muy bien durante nuestras tres semanas en Malargüe con Carlos y Guillermo y su familia. La estancia es uno de los sitios mas bonitos que conocimos en nuestro viaje. Se puede pasar todo el tiempo explorando el terreno, y siempre encontrar paisaje hermoso. La familia es muy agradable y generosa, y disfrutamos mucho nuestros almuerzos y… read more
(Excellent
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13 Jun 2015
Left by host (Join our farm in Tupungato ...) for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
exelentes chicos, con sus habilidades, como tom y su machete, y sol y sus pinturas, los cuadros permaneceran por largos tiempos en la finca para que cada uno que llegue pueda ver que magnificas son, bandolero vive tranquilo es u perro independiente, se va por unos dias luego vuelve, creo que es… read more
(Excellent
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21 May 2015
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Join our farm in Tupungato ...)
Estar con Orlando y su familia ha sido una experiencia única, realmente nos han hecho sentir parte de ella y les tenemos mucho cariño. La finca es hermosa y siempre hay cosas para hacer! Algo que no deben perderse es el amanecer desde la duna más alta de la pista de motocross de Matías. Realmente nos ha encantado estar allá y hemos aprendido… read more
(Excellent
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15 Apr 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
Tom and Sol were a great addition to the hostel staff. Generous with their talents and skills, always willing to help in any way. Sol painted a large wall mural for us and it is now the focal point of the hostel. Tom and Sol have so much talent hat they are willing to share, a great sense of humor and we will miss them. Enjoy your travels and… read more
(Excellent
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15 Apr 2015
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Come and help at a friendly ...)
We had a fantastic time in this hostel. It was great getting to know the other volunteers and especially the owner Dale. He is one of the nicest people you will ever meet, with a good sense of humor and many entertaining stories. However he expects you to do your work, so dont be lazy! He gave Sol the opportunity to paint a beautiful mural, for… read more
(Excellent
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10 Mar 2015
Left by Workawayer (Thomas & Sol) for host
(Learn about eco-tourism, ...)
Queremos agradecerle mucho a federico por todas las experiencias inolvidables que hemos pasado en su finca. Nos han encantado trabajar en la finca, y federico nos dio proyectos divertidos y interesantes. Nos mostró paisajes increibles muy cerca de la casa, y nos ayudó crecer personalmente tambien. Federico ha sido muy generoso con la comida y sus… read more
(Excellent
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8 Mar 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Thomas & Sol)
Un agradecimiento muy especial por estos dos muchachos con lo cual realmente hemos avanzado mucho en el trabajo y como crecimiento personal. Tom, excelente músico, el día trabajando duro con la tierra y la noche alegrándonos con su arte musical. Persona de cultura y de experiencia de vida. Sol, muy joven y a su primera experiencia, ha demostrado,… read more
(Excellent
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