Entries Tagged ‘abseiling’:
filed in Venezuela on Apr.20, 2011
Here’s a quick update to tell you about all the great projects the Venezuela team have been working on: The first week and a half were spent working on the beginning design stages of La Piscina renovation. We did a total of 3 beach clean ups where we managed to pick up 3 boat loads [...]
Tags: abseiling, Angel Falls, blisters, camping, cement, Children, discotec, Drama, Gap Year, La Piscina, Leap team, Orinoco Delta, Painting, Party, Plastering, play, Punto Morena, teach English, Venezuela
filed in Venezuela on Apr.19, 2010
Hello again, Hard to believe we’re already into the 3rd week of the April Team’s placement…time’s flying past! As I mentioned before we spent the group’s first week at Playa doing orientation and planning, the group came with me on a tour of the village (which is already feeling like home from home!) and visited [...]
Tags: abseiling, Beach clean up, Hut Construction, Isla Margarita, Mochima, Teaching
filed in Venezuela on Jan.26, 2010
Saturday 25th January: On Saturday morning we went to the waterfall to abseil after breakfast! It was about a 30min drive from the lodge up into the Mountains. We had to walk for about 5 minutes from the car and then we go to the top of the waterfall and I was SO SCARED – [...]
Tags: abseiling, beaches, Building, conservation, fiesta, language, Party, Spanish, Teaching
filed in Uncategorized, Venezuela on Sep.28, 2009
Monday: What a difference a day makes! Having spent my first full day and night in Playa Colorada (definately in my top 3 best beaches du monde) and things are looking up : ) Already Alice and I have experienced some great Latin American/Caribbean food (fresh fried grouper, shellfish cerviche, buttery arapas and goooorgeous empanadas), [...]
Tags: abseiling, beaches, conservation, kayak, waterfalls