filed in Ecuador, South America on Jan.10, 2012
Hola from Ecuador, Our biggest Leap team EVER arrived safely last week after a mammoth flight. Thankfully those coming from the UK avoided a couple of days of windy weather and lengthy delays (thank you Leap Gods!) and we volunteers flying in lots of other directions too – England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, Spain, Italy, Colombia [...]
filed in Kenya, Solo on Jul.09, 2010
Well, I’m nearly two weeks in to my Leap placement in Kenya…two weeks, and I’m already looking at my departure date on the calendar, circled in a menacing shade of red. Sigh…I’ve been here at Muthaiga Safari Camp in the Maasai Mara for 12 days, and though it sounds clichéd, I’d have to say it almost [...]
filed in Cambodia on Apr.04, 2010
Well, after a Mammouth journey (about 17 hours of travelling, 3 flights via India and Thailand and ALOT of in flight movies) the team finally arrived in Siem Reap, Cambodia last week… Their first few days were spent exploring this incredible town (Cambodia’s hippest with incredible nightlife, beautiful French architecture and only a stones throw [...]
filed in Ecuador on Sep.03, 2009
My flight went safe and sound and I got inat about 11pm. After a rousing wait in coustoms we boarded a little mini-bus and headed off to the hostel. We spent the night,and slept like babies (especially those of us from the UK who had been up for 24 hours). We got up this morning [...]
filed in Announcements, Ecuador, Gap Year, Tanzania on Apr.08, 2009
When you take The Leap the adventure doesn’t have to end with your organised placement, the majority of our Leapers travel on after their project has finished to take full advantage of their time overseas Adventure travel is possible in all the places The Leap operates and ranges from climbing the world’s highest mountains and [...]
filed in Tanzania on Jan.17, 2009
As you all know I’m off on my gap year, travelling in East Africa until early May! I’m going to be in Tanzania volunteering with The Leap for the majority but may try and venture into Malawi and possibly Kenya before coming home…we shall see how it goes. The team arrived in Nairobi at 6.30 [...]
