filed in Leap Giving, Venezuela on Dec.22, 2011
2011 has been a huge year for the Leap in Venezuela. On a year which saw our largest ever team descend on the Caribbean coast to volunteer, dozens of energetic volunteers conquering the highest table-top mountain on Earth, and untold friendships forged for life. However it’s the glorious season of giving, so lets recap all [...]
filed in Ecuador, Leap Giving on Dec.20, 2011
2011 has been an exciting year for the Leap in Ecuador, seeing the launch of a fantastic new conservation and community project in the Galapagos, intern placements in the capital Quito and strengthening our working relationship with the mysterious Shaman Tsa’chila communities in the rainforest. We sent 36 lovely Leapers to Ecuador in 2011 and [...]
filed in Announcements, Ecuador, South America on Dec.01, 2011
This year James Duddy took The Leap to Ecuador and had the time of his life! Now he’s made a film of his trip so that he’ll never forget the good times and can share them with others too…. If you’re planning a gap year, or in the middle of one right now but stuck [...]
filed in Ecuador on Sep.22, 2011
Hola from Ecuador, land of Condors and BBQ-ed Guinea Pigs! The Leap Team (Eliana, Alyssa, Casey, Rosy, Nicole and Emma) had a lot of fun volunteering in their last week in Quito. Half of them were volunteering on conservation projects at Parque Itchimbia and spent most of their time cleaning out a pond so that [...]
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 Jul.18, 2011
Hola from the Andes in Ecuador! We just finished week two living at 14,000ft altitude in Chilcapamba (starting to feel acclimatized now!) and are taking the weekend off in Ibarra, a beautiful small city just a short bus ride away from our worksite. This week´s activities took the form of clearing a canal used for [...]
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 Borneo on Sep.14, 2010
I had a dilemma during my A levels earlier this year. My previous plans which would have filled up the entire summer were cancelled unexpectedly and I had 2 months free with nothing to keep me busy before university. Being in the middle of revision and A levels, I didn’t have the time to plan [...]
filed in Ecuador on May.17, 2010
The Rainforest – Leaves, massages and more rice than you can shake a stick at… So we left Quito early on Sunday morning. We´d gone out for dinner the night before in a torrential downpour so a few of my clothes were slightly damper than I´d hoped but I was to soon get used to [...]
filed in Costa Rica on Feb.24, 2009
This past week we have been helping to construct a list of the local birds for tourist groups. It was really interesting to get out in to the forest and see beautiful parrots and toucans! We are not too disappointed about not working in the school as we get to see the children in the [...]
