Henryk

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  • Information de voyage

    Actuellement, je suis

    en voyage

    Les activités qui m'intéressent :

    Hi! It's time to see another beautiful country ;)

    Ma prochaine destination :

    Costa Rica - du Fév 2025 au Jul 2025
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  • Description

    Hello!

    My name is Henryk, I'm from Poland.
    I'm in Costa Rica now.

    Working in carpentry, renovation, building or gardening, crafting things that could last for a long time and come to a great use for you. Sharing knowledge and skills. Admiring nature around, learning lokal history and traditions... that's what I will bring with me while staying at your place :)

    About my traveling:
    My son as a child used to love stories that I told him (simple things, like the story about a little brave boy facing all sorts of danger he came across)... and as before... being 21 years old... he still wants to listen to them :) OK... maybe not exactly, he is a grown up now. But I think, that the best ideas for all stories come from real adventures in life.

    In the short video I attached to my profile you can see me eating a boletus mushroom and praising its taste and smell. That was during one of my excursions (Czech Republic - 2018). My son made the video.

  • Centres d’intérêt

    Activités en plein air
    Soin des plantes
    Ferme
    Histoire
    Bricolage / artisanat
    Plage
    Livres
    Culture
    Camping
    Menuiserie
    Nature
    Auto-stop
    Yoga / bien-être
    Végétarien ou végan
    Dev. personnel
    Dev. durable
    Montagne
    Randonnée
    Jardinage
    Cyclisme
    Astronomie
    Animaux
  • Langues parlées

    Anglais: Courant
    Polonais: Courant
    Allemand: Intermédiaire

  • Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

    Ça m'intéresse :  

    Travail associatif
    Projets artistiques

    J'ai des connaissances :  

    Aider dans une ferme
    Aider à la maison
    S’occuper des animaux
    Accueil / tourisme
    Aide informatique / Internet

    Je peux apprendre aux autres :  

    Jardinage
    Bricolage et projets de construction
    Entretien général
    Éco-projets
  • Quelles sont vos compétences ?

    My volunteer jobs till now:

    Carpentry:
    I built a new wooden wall and the door and the handrail by the front porch of the house, 2 meter high cupboard for the kitchen, wardrobe, outdoor benches, chairs and tables, a new storage unit for tools, crafting table, new gates and wood shelter. I built recently a huge wardrobe room for brides in a wedding centre and a big storage room in a greenhouse. I build my first top bar beehive. A horse shelter with a feeding area and a workshop room.

    Building:
    I took part in building a round strawbale house, I worked with wood and clay. I built a long brick wall, with a ferro-concrete frame. I did plastering and painting. I crafted a bamboo construction for tomato plants and some lattices by the house for roses. I have a lot of experience in reparing old and building new fences. I repaired roofs, I put new chimney, I built terraced gardens and stone walls. I built new stone pathes and stairs, l put nice green lawn in front of the house. I made several rain ditches on the road.

    Renovation:
    I renovated almost entire house (taking down the walls, rearranging the rooms space, painting, flooring, fixing new shelves and doors, renovating bathroom, installing new shower cabin and the toilet... etc...). I renovated 20 chairs by putting new furniture upholstery. I put wallpapers, painted walls and ceilings, assembled furniture. I insulated the walls and the floor in the attic.

    Animal care:
    For over half a year I helped with milking and feeding cows.
    I fed reindeer, horses and chickens.

    Gardening and forest jobs:
    Picking berries and mushrooms.
    Harvesting all sorts of vegetables.
    Cutting bushes, putting new turf around the house. Cutting grass with a lawn mower. I prepared 50 pits for planting new trees, I harvested olives and quints.
    I have been sowing, planting, weeding, mulching, pruning, harvesting and preserving a lot.
    I raked leaves, shoveled snow from the roads, cleared the forest by cutting down the trees. I replanted hundreds of gynostemum plants for the decoration of a big wedding centre.

    Different jobs:
    Years ago I had rope access work experiences e.g. I worked for the forest inspectorate collecting fir cones in the early winter.
    Some experience in taking care of the guesthouse (preparing apartments for guests, cleaning and doing laundry) and the tourists (greeting, checking in and out, guiding and showing the farm).
    For over 4 years I used to work as a waiter in the UK and in Poland.
    In Iceland I worked in a greenhouse for a year taking care of tomatoes and cucumbers. In Switzerland I helped with repairing a car: metalwork, painting,, putting grease.

    I fell in love with permaculture, selfsufficiency and sustainability as a good and healthy approach to life.

    I'd be delighted if we could learn from each other... not only our languages but also other valuable things.
    By the way... I'd like to try also something else... something new that I've never done before.

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  • Autres infos...

    After eight years of working in a big corporation I decided to change my life completely. I started my long adventure with Workaway in December 2018 and for the next several years I would like to travel a lot.
    Some time ago I discovered Buddism and meditation and it became a very important everyday practice on my way to awareness, peace of mind, balance and strong feeling of love to everything that surrounds us.
    I love reading, hiking in the mountains, watching wildlife especially birds, swimming, sunbathing, playing board games, riding a bike, meditating (Vipassana), doing Yoga and discussing with open minded people.

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