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Travel on a budget and live like a local: unpacking ‘workaway’ experiences

If someone had told me a year ago I would be building huts in the jungle, swimming with sea turtles in the Caribbean and learning craft and cuisine from an Indigenous gender nonconforming community while not paying a single penny, I wouldn’t have believed it.

I found out about workaway when I didn’t have much cash in the bank and wanted to experience something different from staying in hotels while travelling solo. I was craving meaningful connections with people and places, so when I saw

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