filed in Africa, Gap Year, Kenya, Uncategorized on Jul.29, 2010
As we move on from Makongeni we are all reflecting back on the great times we have had over such a short space of time. Our imaculately constructed quarter-finished floor could have been tainted by no other than our leader Muse who absent-mindedly tiptoes over it not so like a delicate mosquito but more so [...]
filed in Announcements, Borneo, Gap Year on May.19, 2010
If your in your last year at school or college this year then your Gap Year is getting nearer and nearer (yayyyyyy)!! And if like me your not one to lay by a pool all day everyday whilst overseas (although a good few days on a palm fringed beach never goes a miss), then id [...]
filed in The Leap's chosen charity on Apr.29, 2010
Heloooooo again you beautiful people! Today is Thursday 29th April 2010 and as well as it being my 21st birthday tomorrow (yipiiiiieeeeeee), its also time for our Sponsored walk on Sunday and you guessed it….it’s going to rain, but we shall soldier on! I have been very busy this morning creating a group page on [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Destinations, Gap Year, Tanzania, links on Apr.23, 2010
Tanzania-the home of the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater, endless stretches of beautiful white beaches and also the Mtui Family….based in Arusha (the safari Mecca of Tanzania) your hosts on your Tanzanian Leap! Traveling all the way to Africa to stay in a tourist hotel is all good and well, but what were offering is so [...]
filed in The Leap's chosen charity on Apr.09, 2010
It was a typical cold and rainy day in England back in January 2009, and we at Leap Towers were all sitting in our Marlborough headquaters, looking out the window at the miserable weather when Guy (the big boss man at the Leap) turned to me and said ‘Do you fancy going to Tanzania next [...]
filed in Borneo on Mar.03, 2010
Hello from sun drenched Borneo! All is well here despite the long weekend we had following the tsunami alert! Thankfully it never materialized so no damage has been done. The Leapers have come to their 8th week in Borneo and what a place to be stuck in a tropical island paradise like Mantanani Island! All [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Destinations, Gap Year, Pictures of the month, Tanzania, links on Feb.25, 2010
Thank goodness! I have somehow managed to get through the 10 hour coach journey from Arusha – Dar (from one side of Tanzania to the other)! And after arguing with an African man (who I thought was trying to run off with my luggage) for about 15 minutes, me and my Friend Fran get in [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Destinations, Gap Year, Tanzania, Uncategorized on Feb.02, 2010
Yayyyyyyyyyyy!! I made it….after one 7 hour flight, a 4 hour wait at Nariobi Airport and another 50 minute flight I have finally arrived in the land of the great Kilimanjaro herself!! The first thing I feel is the heat sweeping accorss my face as soon as I step of the plane…..the best feeling in [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Destinations, Gap Year, Tanzania on Feb.02, 2010
I hope all is well in snowy England! Here in Tanzania everything is fine and the whole team are back in Arusha after spending a week in Lake Manyara National Park, their safari phase. A few of the girls in the team have had a little skirmish with Malaria but they’re all doing fine now [...]
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 – [...]
