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Interested in WWOOFing in (countries): Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile

What is your experience in Organic Farming?: I am extremely interested in studying and learning more about sustainable living, but i have no real experience in Organic Farming. I did work at a plant nursery/fruit stand for 3 years. I also have 3 years of experience as a plumber,along with 5 years of general construction experience. I am very interested in natural building as well as renewable energy. I will be leaving for Ecuador in late September, and would appreciate any advice anoyone has for me. I will also be visiting Columbia, Peru, and Nicaragua if possible.

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I will be leaving for Ecuador in late September, and would appreciate any advice anyone has to give. I also plan to visit Peru, Columbia, ands Nicaragua if I'm able to. Thanks.

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At 10:47pm on October 10, 2010, Anna Knorr said…: Wow that sounds so awesome! I wish i was there!! I had a climbing accident last week and broke my ankle :( it sucks so bad I still cant walk (and i assume there's a lot of walking involved at the farm) so i dont think ill be able to go down there till later in the year... but I hope you have a good trip!

At 12:12am on September 17, 2010, Anna Knorr said…: sweet good luck with everything.. i guess I'll see you in october!

At 9:17pm on September 15, 2010, Anna Knorr said…: wellll... theres this thing called a 12x tourist visa, my friend went to mexico and just had to fill out a peice of paper on the plane (super easy).. but then i looked into it online and there's all this stuff you have to do for it like send the embassy your birth cert, passport, etc.. I guess well just wait and see im sure it will be fine :)
yah i contacted some farms and heard back from monoloco lodge and im going there october 5th and leaving in mid november for peru! Im pretty excited! how are your plans going?

At 7:43pm on September 15, 2010, Anna Knorr said…: Hey I was just wondering if you had to apply for a visa before you left the country... I was looking into it and wasn't sure if I needed to do a tourist visa or if a passport works. let me know! thanks!

At 8:08pm on August 23, 2010, Anna Knorr said…: Awesome! I'm just now contacting the farms, I was looking at monoloco as well, that seems like a cool place. I'm planning on going in mid october through november, but I might stay longer not too sure yet. well maybe I'll see you down there. if not, happy travels and good luck with everything!!
-Anna

At 11:34pm on August 19, 2010, Anna Knorr said…: Hey Joel! when are you going to Ecuador/ have you chosen a farm yet?

At 4:50pm on August 13, 2010, Sarah Bingham said…: Late September? I might be around in Ecuador still! Let me know if you find any promising plans! I'll be packing around Ecuador for no less than all of Setember and maybe longer.

At 1:32am on August 12, 2010, Louise Sadler said…: Kia ora Joel:-)
I am arriving in Quito in the 1st week of October and have simular interests to you. I am also not that "expert: in the ways of Organic and permaculture living but really keen to learn and experience more. I have wwoofed in New Zealand (my home country) and in Italy but not for long and usually as breaks from my life of teaching. I also have been wanting to find someone to learn about carpentry and building from who is into sustainable infrastructure and am going to begin this before I leave.
My passion is compassionate food creation through the soil to soil cycle, though most of my time has been spent in the kitchen part of the process!:-) Hence the interest in organic and permaculture:-) Anyways if you keen to share ideas and if you find a good place that needs more wwoofers let me know and maybe we can meet up and share ideas and stuff:-)
Good on you and hope the last months wherever you are give you what you need for your future journey:-)
Na Louise:-)

At 10:40pm on August 11, 2010, Davidson da Rocha Miranda said…: Hii Joel. how do you do ? So, if you want a really good experience in Organic Farming i can recommend you VILCABAMBA(Loja - Ecuador) very nice place, nice atmosphere, good weather i stayed 2 weeks working there and i´d a great time ...Have a nice trip Good Luck !!! Colombia, Peru and why not BRAZIL ???? :( Take care

At 8:05pm on August 11, 2010, Alexander Martos said…: Hey Joel,

I am in a similar boat - I have a huge interest in learning more about sustainable living but lack actual experience with Organic Farming. Also, I am trying to figure out how to extend my travels so that I can WWOOF for about a year or so, but know that it is impossible without a specific VISA. If you have any advice on this, let me know please.

Sounds like you are getting ready to go though, so congrats! My family is from Argentina so if you manage to make it out there at any point and have some questions I can do my best to answer them for you.