Kad Sala Village
Kad Sala Village Just over a week ago, I traveled south of Chiang Mai to my current workaway stay at Kad Sala Village. Every day is a little different. Some days, I teach English alongside the other 6 volunteers. We have students from 4 to 12 years old, mostly beginning level. Some speak English well […]
Tree care, dog sitting and lots of rocks
I spent a quiet couple of weeks with Laura and Clifford near El Margen, a tiny village east of Granada. Laura wanted to some help finishing her rock wall. I was also able to use some of my knowledge of hydraulics to access and update a grey water irrigation systems. The soil in this are […]
Hello from Movizar, Spain!
I am staying at a large, unfinished farmhouse for my first workaway stay in Spain. First was supposed to be only but it turned out that things weren’t exactly as advertised. Nothing bad here, no gross kitchen or weird personal dramas. There just doesn’t happen to be any work for me, other than a few […]
Already the end of April?
April 29 – Last night in Port Elizabeth. Tomorrow morning, I will drive 4 hours north to Ganora Guest Farm, saying goodbye to Addo and the Port Elizabeth area. It has been an amazing visit in lots of different ways. The Kraal guesthouse was a little challenging on a few fronts. My arrival appeared to […]
Busy first week in South Africa
I arrived at the Johannesburg airport after roughly 24 hours of travel feeling pretty good and very excited to see Heather and Will. Having somewhere to stay and someone picking me up at the airport took most of the stress out of prepping to leave home. Heather drove us to their house in Pretoria through […]
How bizarre, how bizarre
I want to try to capture how bazar this workaway gig has been. I’m going to try to tell it backwards to not lose the oddness of today. At dinner last night, I asked what A would like done today. She was unclear and provided nothing specific for me to work from. When I got […]
A 20 foot mural is bigger than a rock
What an amazing experience!
Guatemala City – the adventure begins
Arrived in Guatemala City at 5:20 am after an uneventful day of travel. The only options on Delta were overnight flights that arrived very early, not my first choice because i don’t like to start a trip tired. Oh well. No trouble finding the pre-arranged taxi outside the airport. There was heavy traffic to hotel, even […]