Mandy & Lee

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We have been housesitting and doing Workaway since 2021. It's a great way to travel and make videos for our Frugal Travellers YouTube channel.

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Hello! We're Mandy, from New Zealand, and Lee, from the UK, and we met whilst trekking in Nepal in 1996.

We were living in Australia until August 2017 when we decided to sell everything and travel the world indefinitely!

Work wise, we've had many jobs:

Mandy was raised on a farm in New Zealand, and has been:
• accounts clerk
• office administrator
• personal assistant
•. cleaner
• waitress
• receptionist

Lee was a Postman in the UK for 13 years and actually won the Midlands Postman of the Year award in 1993 :))
He is a professional driver:
• Heavy Rigid trucks
• 16-seater minibuses
• quad bikes.
• one-tonne forklifts

We've also:
• Managed hostels in Scotland and Portugal
• House sat in Australia for 5 years with dogs, cats, fish and birds
• Had an allotment in the UK
• Been Relief Milkers on a dairy farm in New Zealand
• Helped build a house in NZ and a bathroom extension in France
• Cleared land with a strimmer
• Cut down trees with a chainsaw
• Used a splitter to cut firewood & then deliver it
• Planted 4,200 trees on our block of land in New Zealand
• Looked after our 6 nieces & nephews
• Been featured in CNN Travel articles

From 2017 we had an incredible 3 years exploring the former USSR and Soviet Bloc, including the 5 'stans, the Caucasus and the Baltic states.

We spent the 2 years of lockdown in Portugal, housesitting and doing Workaway.

During that time we made many Portugal videos for our YouTube channel, Frugal Travellers (same name on Facebook and Instagram).

We also made videos on our Workaway and housesitting experiences, so it's a great way to learn more about us!

We're so happy we signed up for WorkAway... we love meeting new people and pets, and we work hard with any tasks we're given!

We are easygoing, competent and aren't afraid of physical labour.

Laughter and meeting people from all over the world are two things we love. We might not be professional chefs but we will have a go at cooking anything and everything!

We travel with backpacks, live on a budget of US $25 each per day, sleep in dorms, take public transport or walk everywhere!

We are versatile, resilient and extremely adaptable... and are excited to think of the amazing people we'll meet and experiences we will have through Workaway!

Intereses

Autodesarrollo

Política / justicia social

Películas y televisión

Eventos y sociedad

Cuidado de plantas

Yoga / bienestar

Sostenibilidad

Navegar / barcos

Mascotas

Actividades al aire libre

Naturaleza

Montaña

Idiomas

Autostop

Historia

Senderismo

Jardinería

Agricultura

Ciclismo

Cultura

Acampada

Libros

Playa

Astronomía

Arquitectura

Animales

Idiomas

Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Español: Fluido
Portugués: Intermedio
Francés: Principiante
Ruso: Principiante

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Lee has been studying Portuguese for 3 years and is keen to improve his language skills

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Habilidades y conocimientos que queremos compartir o aprender

Nos interesa:  

Proyectos creativos DIY «hazlo tú mismo»

Mantenimiento básico

Proyectos ecológicos

Trabajo de caridad

Enseñanza

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Ciertos conocimientos de:  

Jardinería básica

Vida en una granja

Ayuda doméstica

Cuidado de animales

Hostelería/turismo

Idiomas

Ayuda con ordenadores/Internet

Cuidado de casas y mascotas

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We are excited to share our skills and experiences and we love learning new things from others... an exchange of cultures, languages, recipes and practical techniques is what makes life fascinating!

Practical skills we have include:
Gardening - we had an allotment in the UK and a veggie garden in NZ
Tech savvy - have a website, YouTube channel & social media as Frugal Travellers
Farm work - Mandy was raised on a farm in NZ with cattle, sheep, pigs & chickens
Fencing - we built a boundary fence on our land in NZ
Chainsaw - Lee is pretty handy with a chainsaw and we're both proficient with cutting, splitting and moving firewood.
House-sitting - we house sat in Australia for 3 years, looking after dogs, cats, fish and birds
- Looked after a 50-bed hostel in Scotland while our friends were away.

We are native English speakers. Lee speaks Spanish, some French and Russian, and has been learning Portuguese for the past 7 months.

Mandy understands some Spanish and basic French, and I am kicking myself for not keeping up with Portuguese, Russian, Thai and Japanese :))

We have a website and YouTube channel under the name: Frugal Travellers and are fairly tech savvy. Mandy is a born proof reader and is always happy to cross check any articles, social media posts etc.

We are both able to get on with any job given to us, and always welcome feedback.

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Mandy started practicing yoga last March and does at least 10 minutes every morning. She is also an inveterate bookworm and can talk for hours about favourite books and authors.

Lee is fascinated by maps and can read them for hours! He also enjoys astronomy, learning languages, board games, especially Scrabble and Monopoly, and reading biographies.

We both love walking - we find it to be the best way to get to know a place, and it's such great exercise!

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