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 Jul.11, 2011
Hello from the heady heights of the Andes Mountains! We kickstarted the Leapers first week with a whirlwind orientation to Ecuadorian culture and a crash course in Spanish, courtesy of the Yanapuma Foundation. Then on Wednesday, we left Quito and made our way into the Andes by bus, finally arriving in the small town of [...]
filed in Venezuela on Apr.05, 2011
Hola from Playa Colorada in Venezuela! The April Leapers are off to a great start. The team spent the weekend at the beach and as a result almost all are a bit sunburnt, we went in the boat to visit La Piscina and Playa Melissa (islands with beaches in the Mochima National Park) and talked [...]
filed in Venezuela on Sep.10, 2010
Hola All, As you know the girls arrived in Venezuela safe and sound after a very long and tiring flight. Although a bit jet lagged all the girls were happy to finally be here. The first few days consisted of introduction to lodge life and Venezuela. The girls had an intro meeting with me and [...]
filed in Venezuela on Jan.26, 2010
Saturday 25th January: On Saturday morning we went to the waterfall to abseil after breakfast! It was about a 30min drive from the lodge up into the Mountains. We had to walk for about 5 minutes from the car and then we go to the top of the waterfall and I was SO SCARED – [...]
filed in Ecuador on Oct.22, 2009
Surprise! We have internet that´s only a 20 miute walk from our pueblo. We´ve officially made it and are settled into Chicapamba. It´s awesome here. I never thought that it would, but rain makes me super happy here; it´s so much like home!! We´re high up in the Andes living the life, though. We´re building [...]
