Profile information
Travel information
I am currently
Travelling
Activities i am interested in:
01/2025 headed back to Taiwan which I want to make my home away from home. Loved my first time there and want to meet like minded people and build a community❤️ hiking, surfing, cycling, yoga, baking
Description
Here to play and have fun!
I'm looking to live the most fun, the most exciting version of life.
Be free, experiment and embrace the wisdom in ignorance.
@summerofnic
Hi I'm Nico! Just a regular human, travelling, volunteering, honing my ideas and stepping out of my comfort zone. I work as a hiking and biking guide for an active travel company and love life!
My happy place is when I'm moving, ideally outside enjoying nature:hiking, cycling, surfing, etc.
I am curious and I love learning and enjoy paradigm shifts, non linear thinking and neurodivergence. However, I am also a big fan of not taking anything seriously, dancing and laughing hysterically. It depends on the day. Something that does not depend on the day, is my love of all things bread related.
Interests
Cycling
Team sports
Sailing / Boating
DIY & crafts
Water sports
Winter sports
Self development
Sustainability
Politics / Social justice
Plant care
Nature
Mountain
Outdoor activities
Music
Movies & TV
Languages
Hitchhiking
History
Gardening
Hiking
Farming
Dancing
Culture
Camping
Cooking & food
Books
Beach
Astronomy
Architecture
Animals
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Italian: Intermediate
Japanese: Beginner
Portuguese: Beginner
Chinese (Mandarin): BeginnerMore details about my language interests
Would love to learn Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese or Korean
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Eco Projects
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Babysitting and creative play
Able to teach about:
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Languages
Teaching
More details about your skills
Guiding: I work for an active travel company which is essentially 6 days of exploring regions biking, hiking and other activities. It's a mixture of hosting a dinner party, interpretive guiding, bike mechanics and driving a 15 seater van with a trailer. It is so much fun!
Agriculture: I've worked on a few farms in Japan, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador as well as a vineyard in Chile; bed prepping, seeding, weeding and harvesting, beekeeping as well as animal husbandry.
Cooking: I worked as a kitchen hand in a ski lodge in Japan and I am an enthusiastic self taught cook and baker.
Languages: I love learning languages and have worked as an English and French teacher for adults and children in Montreal.
Hospitality: I worked in a high paced fine dining restaurant as well as a microbrewery in Montreal. In Japan I worked in a hostel as well as a hotel in Osaka and a ski lodge in Niigata. I also worked at a hostel in Ecuador.
Admin/bookkeeping: I was in charge of a day-care with 120 kids and 25 employees in Montreal.
Age
36
What else ...
Skills I am looking to develop:
- Outdoor guiding: interpretation, survival, first aid
- Food. I want to continue developing my cooking skills, and learn about foraging, hunting, fishing, preservation, making cheese and preserves, cooking with a wood fired oven.
- Agriculture : I want to learn more about regenerative agriculture, animal husbandry, permaculture, agroforestry, rotational grazing, apiculture, food forests.
- Hospitality and agritourism. I want to learn more about hospitality industry, particularly the organisation and business side.
- DIY skills: carpentry, building, renovating, earthships
I am curious, a quick learner, adaptable, communicate effectively and work well under pressure.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
NoSpecial dietary requirements
No
