filed in Ecuador on Apr.20, 2011
Hola from the Ecuador’s Andes Mountains! Another week of volunteering has flown by in Chilcabamba. The food continues to be incredible but unfortunately the weather has been very wet. Sick of not being able to work in the afternoons due to daily showers we have changed our work schedule to longer hours in the morning [...]
filed in Ecuador on Sep.15, 2010
Hola! Everything is going great so far. On Thursday we harvested dried pea plants and cleared some branches off of the side of the road, and we had the afternoon off so we walked to town. On Friday morning we planted beans and corn and in the afternoon we participated in a parade in Cotacachi. We weren´t expecting to be [...]
filed in Ecuador on Sep.13, 2010
A message from Persephone: We are having the most incredible time! WE are so lucky to have such a nice group of people and so far it has been so much fun! The Yanapuma staff have been so nice and useful which has really helped us settle in with ease! We have spent today doing [...]
filed in Ecuador on May.26, 2010
The 2 Ecuador Teams have now, in the spirit of 1990′s Girl Power, become 1 as the 6 weekers flew off for the next stage of their adventures and the hardcore 10 weekers (Hannah, Izzy, Harvey, Georgie, Ellie, Alice, Jessie, Mark, Keiran and Lou) headed for the hills/Andes for the final phase of the Ecuador [...]
filed in Ecuador on Oct.26, 2009
Hola all from sunny Otavalo! We´re living it up this weekend blowing cash on indigenous wear. There are alpaca sweaters, hats, gloves, carpets, gourds, and nic-nacs galore. Needless to say, my Christmas shopping is taken care of. Our first week in Chilcapamba was my best week in Ecuador. All of the kids are super great; [...]
