Adventure week in Ecuador
Adventure week Quilotoa: Our first destination during our adventure week was the Volcano Quilatoa. We stayed in a low-ceilinged hotel which had a nice lodge feel to it. The hotel sat on the...
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New Faces and New Places…
Galapagos Part 1: We saw many new faces at the Hacienda Tranquila. The first person we saw, the one who picked us up from the airport, was Geovanny. Geovanny was the lead organizer of activities at...
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Meet our January Ecuador blogger…
As Winter fast approaches, I’m beginning to feel the need to travel to beautiful, colourful and exciting places even more! I’ve always wanted to take a gap year, whether that be to Australia, Asia or...
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Quito – The Middle of the Earth
Hi everyone, I’m Grace and I’m super happy that I’m the team blogger for this Ecuador trip for 10 weeks! So after a super long day travelling and crazy amounts of jet lag, we arrived in a surprisingly...
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Agato community: welcoming host families, hard work and hot springs
So our first week of volunteer work in the community of Agato was harder than we thought it would be to say the least! Our host families make up for it with how lovely and kind they all are (and with...
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Not so hot ‘hot springs’ and farewell parties from Agato
What a happy week… It’s been incredible in every way imaginable – from adorable school children and thank you ceremonies to an amazing artisan market in Otavalo which blew our minds completely and to...
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Acclimatising to a new life in Shino-Pi – home to the wonderful Tsachilas
What a 2 weeks this has been – we’ve seen incredible birds of both prey and paradise, tree frogs and some giant hopping spiders, as well as celebrating my birthday half way through in the beautiful...
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GaLEAPagos – our adventure here begins!
We’ve found paradise. Genuine paradise. Glorious beaches with the bluest, most crystal clear sea that I’ve ever seen; filled with the friendliest animals such as sea lions, fish and of course the...
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GaLEAPagos – part 2 – more adventures but sad goodbyes
Our long weekend of island hopping ended with a day and a half on the beautiful island of Santa Cruz, where we did the land lava tunnels, which was inside of a giant tortoise reserve. It was incredible...
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Insects, insects and yes more insects: Amazon rainforest trip
Words can’t describe this magical place. It’s like no other place I’ve ever been to: the never ending sound of the jungle; the incredible wildlife that we’ve been constantly surrounded by; the...
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