filed in Ecuador on Aug.01, 2011
Hola from Los Noranjos, Ecuador! Life continues to be interesting as we finish our first week of volunteering in the rainforest. We’re living in the smallest of the seven Tsachila communities, also known as los Colorados for their bright red hair, dyed with a berry called achote. Our wood plank cabin is open air with [...]
filed in Ecuador on May.26, 2011
Last week, hot on the heels of the Ecuador Team, The Leap’s Alice trotted off to South America to see the volunteers in action! It was a frantic 7 days in Ecuador whizzing between Quito (where she was visiting some AMAZING new projects for 2012), the Andes community of Chilcapamba and the Tsachila tribe in [...]
filed in Asia, Cambodia, Ecuador, Gap Year, South America on Apr.01, 2011
Hi, I’m Alex – I’m in my second year studying History of Art at University, after taking a wonderful gap year with The Leap! My Gap Year began with The Leap in January 2009 when I jetted off to Ecuador (in South America) for 10 weeks on a team project. I spent some the most [...]
filed in Ecuador, South America on Jan.21, 2011
Hello from the rainforest! We left our hostel in Quito on Sunday for the six hour bus journey to the rainforest. It sounds a horrendously long time, but the busses were extremely comfortable with (almost) lie flat seats (really puts National Express to shame, I imagine) and the scenery was nothing less than spectacular, as [...]
filed in Uncategorized on Nov.02, 2010
On Monday we had a tour of the community, the museum, the plants and animals. Then we went up the river and filled the canoe with sand to bring back and mix with cement. On Tuesday and Wednesday we helped build two shower blocks behind the museum. This was the first time we were allowed [...]
