Hippotherapy, Giant Tortoises, Giuseppe’s Restaurant, Beaches and See You...
August 2 We were on our own for breakfast and got ready for another day of work. We wore our rubber boots and we were out from 8 to 11:20 chopping wood and moving brambles into piles that will later...
View ArticleMud fights, chocolate, Tubing y más
We made it to the Amazon after a long and windy road trip. On the way, we were fortunate to have stopped at a bakery to somewhat satisfy our appetites. We journeyed across a small river via ferry...
View ArticleMeet the new Ecuador Blogger- Charlie!
Hi, my name is Charlie and I’m psyched to be blogging for a small group of us intrepid explorers as we head out to Ecuador. Well, I say intrepid but I for one am terrified and, with only a few days to...
View ArticleNew faces, new places.
So we survived the week, we also managed to speak some Spanish and we are yet to get lost. What can I say, it’s a week of successes. On Tuesday we took a bus tour around Quito which gave us fantastic...
View ArticleAgato; Host Families, Spanish and a Minga
Update number two for you lucky people with access to hot water. We said goodbye to Quito last Friday and travelled up north to Otavalo. For the last week we have been staying with the indigenous...
View Article“Did you see the little dead bodies?”
“Did you see the little dead bodies?” That is what Lilly asked me Thursday night. Okay, relax, it’s not what you think. We had a farewell party before we left Agato and the families cooked us their...
View ArticleAdventures in the Tsachila Community!
Tsachila Community: The Tsachilas, recognizable by their red-dyed hair, live separated, agrarian lives. There is no main Tsachila villiage; the families who are part of the Tsachila community live...
View ArticleAdventure 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleMeet 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...
View ArticleQuito – 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...
View ArticleAgato 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...
View ArticleNot 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...
View ArticleAcclimatising 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...
View ArticleGaLEAPagos – 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...
View ArticleGaLEAPagos – 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...
View ArticleInsects, 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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