James

États-Unis
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Information de voyage
Actuellement, je suis
en voyage
Description
I'm a 23 year old American and have been to 25 countries with and without my family. I am now adventuring on my own after finishing a year teaching English in Korea.

I really enjoy learning about places and people and hearing new stories. I really want to work and learn about farming and agriculture, but also accumulating life skills and interesting experiences.

I enjoy cooking, though I'm not nearly as good as I would like. I really enjoy discussing ideas and different ways of life. I'm also a big fan of reading and video games, though I try and reduce the usage to best engage with my surroundings. Hope to meet you!
Centres d’intérêt
Voile / bateau
Sports d’hiver
Ferme
Jardinage
Animaux
Cuisine et alimentation
Culture
Événements/vie sociale
Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre
Ça m'intéresse :
Jardinage
Éco-projets
J'ai des connaissances :
Bricolage et projets de construction
Entretien général
Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille
Aider dans une ferme
Aider à la maison
Accueil / tourisme
Travail associatif
Aide informatique / Internet
Enseignement
Je peux apprendre aux autres :
Pratique des langues
Quelles sont vos compétences ?
I have some basic labor skills, i.e: Welding, grinding, operating a power saw, acetylene torch and a forklift.
I have tiled a kitchen once in my life, so I can claim that as an achievement.
I've done some basic home remodeling as well, so I'm passingly familiar with most power tools. (At least enough to not be a danger to myself or others)

I've spent the last year teaching English. And I speak a minuscule amount of Mandarin Chinese
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Chinois (mandarin): Courant
Âge
26
Autres infos...
As mentioned I play video games and built a computer in the past. As an avid reader, I occasionally write, and acted once or twice in the past. I enjoy music a lot and have sung in ensembles before, so music suggestions are always welcome.
Informations complémentaires
- Fumeur
- Permis de conduire
- Allergies
- Régime alimentaire spécial

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25.10.2019

Laissé par le workawayer (James) pour l'hôte pour (Help out in a hostel in ...)

Good place to stay and work. Haz was a very friendly host, and nicely communicative. Very willing to give suggestions for places to go, and happy to help book buses and the like. Definitely worth a stop in Hiroshima, even if just as a great hostel.

(Excellent )

18.09.2019

Laissé par l'hôte (Help out in a hostel in ...) pour le workawayer (James)

*Lots of experience of travelling.
*Very easy to communicate even before he arrives. We agreed each other instantly but kept in touch and everything was really smooth. (Some people agreed to come but doesn't reply to the final confirmation email we send a few months prior to his/her arrival. So this is basic but quite important I think.)
*️️Very… read more

(Très bien )

25.10.2019

Laissé par le workawayer (James) pour l'hôte pour (Come help, learn how to grow ...)

To put this into context, I stayed 1 week from around the 27th of September to the 4th of October. I had initially planned to stay for 1 month, but cut my time short because of my experience there. I understand that this seems surprisingly harsh of a review, especially with the other ratings, but I hope you can take this as a moderated, reasoned… read more feedback of my time at this Workaway.

Daily work was fairly simple, and not unusual for regular farm work I'd done at other places. The workawayers would gather at 6am and meet with Yuda-san, the Japanese staff worker who was our liason to Shiba-san (the actual host) on a day-to-day basis. Shiba-san joined us for work only once during my time there, but another long-stay workawayer mentioned seeing him a few times. We'd do our work, have a few breaks, and then finish around 11:30 or noon. At that point everyone was free for the rest of the day.
The assorted Workawayers and myself with would often cook and eat dinner together, and it was nice when Yuda-san would join us, as he was good company and a great cook. There's an Onsen not terribly far away with a shuttle service, and a few bikes that are free to use.

I would like to reiterate that my fellow Workawayers and I enjoyed eachother's company, and note that the accomodations were fair. Groceries were picked up on the weekend with one of the Workawayers going shopping with Yuda-san.

If you are wanting to simply spend time working at a farm for some free accomodation and groceries, then this is an okay place to be, however, in terms of cultural exchange, or even learning anything, I was more than a little disappointed. Yuda-san did a great job of interacting with us, but he isn't the host.

During my time working at the farm, I met the Host Shiba-san a grand total of one time, wherein the extent of our interaction was an absent minded wave, given only because one of the other Workawayers, Jessica, made the effort to introduce ourselves to him. The description you read for the profile was written by one of Shiba-san's friends who runs another farm somewhat close by. I don't mind at all the fact that Shiba-san didn't speak any English, I left predominantly because he didn't try to communicate AT ALL.

The work schedule was given via text to Yuda-san in the morning, and we would proceed through the day as such. If any of us had a question about how to do something, or try to learn why we did things in certain ways, Yuda-san did his best, but he wasn't the one making these decisions, or the one with the agricultural background to teach those things to us. While Yuda-san would eat with us, Shiba-san didn't step into the Workaway guest house even once during my entire first week there. I had meant to stay for a month, as previously mentioned, but after my first week, Yuda-san was going on vacation, and every other workawayer I had spent the previous week with was leaving, so the remainder of my time was going to be spent with someone I didn't know, and who hadn't bothered to try to even speak to me while I was working for him.

Tl;dr Fine place to stay and work if you have nothing better to do, but in terms of cutural exchange or learning, exceptionally poor. Japanese staff was good, but the host was entirely absent.

(Neutre )

24.08.2019

Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (James)

James:
I really enjoy the time we work together. You always know what I need and what I worry about.
When I need a strong man to carry the fifty kgs of the rice bag, you transform into a buffalo to help me.
When I want to practice English, you become a good English teacher with patience.
Welcome to come back at any time, and we can go to the hot… read more

(Excellent )

30.07.2019

Laissé par le workawayer (James) pour l'hôte pour (Experiencing the life of ...)

I had a wonderful time at Nick's farm. As a first Workaway experience it was a wonderful one. Nick was incredibly helpful and happy to share his knowledge and culture.

I was able to learn a lot about farming, as well as a farmer's takes on the agricultural state of Taiwan from a producer's perspective, which was fascinating. Nick is part of a… read more

(Excellent )

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