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First ever swim with a sea lion....

ECUADOR | Friday, 25 Nov 2011 | Views [344]

....and it was phenomenal!! Our group headed out in taxis (well, trucks with flatbeds that we all piled into) and spent the morning at Puerto Chino...a beach about 30mins from the station. We sat in the sun, walked the beach, walked the rocks ... Read more >


From machete to hoe - turns out I like them too... (I know theres a joke in there somewhere...)

ECUADOR | Thursday, 24 Nov 2011 | Views [386] | Comments [2]

Considering a fair few peeps got stuck into the Pilsner and rum last night, I managed to get out of it pretty unscathed. I was very conscious that today involved an entire morning of hoeing...ridding an area of more raspberry vines - we had some stunning ... Read more >


Harry Potter won't be getting his mail...

ECUADOR | Wednesday, 23 Nov 2011 | Views [308]

...cause his owl is here in the Galapagos. We were chopping down more raspberry vines this morning with machetes (i swear the vines have minds of their own and attack me at every opportunity) and we found an owl sleeping in the hollow of a tree. Super ... Read more >


I live in Jurassic Park :)

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 22 Nov 2011 | Views [368]

What a top day...apart from the breakfast of burnt porridge and papaya, which I've decided I don't like at all (papaya that is, not porridge). We were given options this morning in terms of work. Caesar needed groups to cut down dead banana trees for ... Read more >


I . LOVE. MACHETES.

ECUADOR | Monday, 21 Nov 2011 | Views [387] | Comments [1]

I've decided the mosquito net over my bed is not so much a mosquito net, but a spider net. Got to bed last night to face 4 Eduardorian residents staring at me from various corners of the room. But that isn't the problem...that comes when they disappear ... Read more >


Ever had a formula one driver in charge of a taxi?

CAYMAN ISLANDS | Sunday, 20 Nov 2011 | Views [271]

This morning I'm sure my taxi driver thought he was at Silverstone in a ferrari. We flew through the streets of Quito at 530am, ignoring both police and red lights...seems red lights mean 'don't bother even slowing down' this early in the morning and ... Read more >


´´I am a toilet...´´

ECUADOR | Friday, 18 Nov 2011 | Views [673]

...is among some of the many great sentences that involuntarily come out of your mouth in front of groups of people when learning Spanish. All you have to do is mix 'yo soy' with 'yo voy' and you are on your way to looking like a complete idiot. ´´I ... Read more >


´´I think you must have swallowed a clown...´´

ECUADOR | Monday, 14 Nov 2011 | Views [474] | Comments [2]

Hola Amigos! (Look at me being all spanish...!) A few things you need to know about Quito right off the bat.  Pedestrian crossings are not predestrian crossings as we know them....here they are white zebra-crossing lines on the road (as you would expect!) that ... Read more >


Quito-bound

ECUADOR | Sunday, 13 Nov 2011 | Views [436] | Comments [2]

You ever notice how clouds sometimes look like the most comfortable, sleep-for-a-year things of fluffiness? I just feel like prying open the emergency hatch that I've been placed next to on my flight to Quito, jumping onto them Disney or Care Bear style ... Read more >


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