Entries Tagged ‘Orinoco Delta’:
filed in Venezuela on Jul.18, 2011
Hello from the coast of Sunny Venezuela! After recovering from the jet-lag we were thrown straight into Project One, marine conservation. We kayaked out to La Piscina and Playa Melissa to start our beach clean up. The journey out to the islands was pretty tough and we suffered some serious arm ache afterwards…Paula and Emily [...]
Tags: beach, Beyonce, buiding, marine coservation, Orinoco Delta, rum, Spahish lesson, Teaching English, Venezuela, volunteering
filed in Venezuela on Apr.20, 2011
Here’s a quick update to tell you about all the great projects the Venezuela team have been working on: The first week and a half were spent working on the beginning design stages of La Piscina renovation. We did a total of 3 beach clean ups where we managed to pick up 3 boat loads [...]
Tags: abseiling, Angel Falls, blisters, camping, cement, Children, discotec, Drama, Gap Year, La Piscina, Leap team, Orinoco Delta, Painting, Party, Plastering, play, Punto Morena, teach English, Venezuela
filed in Venezuela on Jul.20, 2010
Leah and Mike are amazingly 3 weeks into their Venezuelan adventure with The Leap…. Hola- Leah here! Hey sorry its been a while since we last wrote! We have been a bit busy! Firstly we finished off clearing the beach and built a bin. We decided to go for bright colours and covered it in [...]
Tags: Dolphins, eating ants, Gap Year, indigenous culture, Monkeys, Orinoco Delta, rain storm, rum, school, Venezuela, Warao Indians
filed in Venezuela on Jul.16, 2010
Hey! This is Mike from the Venezuela team. I’m kinda sending a group email and it’s proving difficult with this crappy internet in Puerto lol! Just to let you know that we’re all having an AMAZING time! I’m glad we’re doing the daily blog now its good to keep you guys updated with all our [...]
Tags: beach, crappy internet, disabled children, Orinoco Delta, Spanish lessons, thunder and lightening, Venezuela
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 [...]
Tags: Climbing, football, hammocks, kayak, Orinoco Delta, Spanish lessons, Teaching