Entries Tagged ‘hiking’:
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 [...]
Tags: Agriculture, Bandas, Climbing, eating 68 eggs in 6 days!, hiking, Kenya, Mt. Kasigau, Teaching, Ugali
filed in Uncategorized, Venezuela on Sep.30, 2009
Wednesday: Well it’s been Bye Bye Venezuelan beaches and Hola hilltops & coffee haciendas the past two days as we’ve left the comfy confines of Playa Colorada behind for the lush green scenery of Caripe. This is where Leap teams will spend weeks 6,7, and 8 of their volunteer placements and it couldn’t be more [...]
Tags: Birds, Caripe, coffee, conservation, hiking, jungles, strawberries and cream, waterfalls, wildlife
filed in Tanzania on Feb.22, 2009
On Monday we continued at Rau Primary School with me and Harry working on the toilet again. Sadly despite hiring a better builder and pulling out al of the stops we didn’t complete the toilet block this week. All of the walls are currently five foot high and it will be completely by the next [...]
Tags: Deaf school, hiking, Mountains, Reforestation, Teaching, teaching kids, Toilets!
filed in Tanzania on Jan.24, 2009
It’s week 2 in Tanzania and we have been working at three different orphanages. Firstly between Monday and Wednesday we worked at Camp Joshua, where we built a cow shed. It may sound a strange thing to do at a Tanzanian Orphanage, but it was vital to provide shade for their two cows which give [...]
Tags: Africa, Building, cow sheds!, hiking, orphanages, picnics, safari, Tanzania