filed in Venezuela on Apr.13, 2011
Hola from Venezuela! Our group has so far hit it off from the moment we met at 5am at Heathrow airport. We quickly bonded over lost luggage, lack of Spanish and “plane-sized sharks” (actually the plane’s shadow on the water – well done Phoebe!). We even managed to get the terrifyingly outnumbered boys to talk [...]
filed in Venezuela on Jan.08, 2010
Hi, Brendan here- the project leader in Venezuela! Well, our first team of Leapers arrived on Monday night (after a couple of snowy flight delays!!) and so far everything going really well, we’re very pleased with the 7 volunteers in the team who are all in a great mood and potential for what they can [...]
filed in Tanzania on Dec.16, 2009
After spending two days in Arusha again, me, Sabrina and Georgia headed up to Lake Victoria. The bus journey took 12 hours and was uneventful but very tiring. We spent Sunday exploring the town and realising that there wasn’t a huge amount to do so we just spent the majority of our time relaxing! We [...]
filed in Kenya on Oct.26, 2009
I can’t believe it has already been a week since we said bye to everyone at the airport. Our plans since then have changed and we found out once we had gotten to Rukinga Ranch that we would be departing the following day for Kasigau! We are definately in the rainy season now. Even after [...]
filed in Uncategorized, Venezuela on Oct.01, 2009
Thursday: Well here I am again, back on one of the world’s most beautiful beaches learning Spanish from a lovely language teacher whilst sunning myself, cerveza in hand. It’s a tough job working for The Leap, but someone’s got to do it! I can’t believe Alice and I have only been in Venezuela for 7 [...]
