6th-8th August 2018 Having left Merazonia, which had been my home for almost six weeks, it felt strange to be back on the road again. I was no longer a volunteer but, once more, a backpacker. The transition was somewhat diluted because on the day I left some of the other volunteers were heading toContinue reading “Travelblog SA#8: Tena – Ecuador”
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Travelblog SA#7: Volunteering at Merazonia – Ecuador
28th June – 6th August 2018 Merazonia is a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation centre nestled where the Andes meets the Amazon in Ecuador, and it has been operating for almost a decade. I had the privilege of staying there as a volunteer for a little over five weeks – which is actually not that long inContinue reading “Travelblog SA#7: Volunteering at Merazonia – Ecuador”
Travelblog SA#6: Galapagos Part 3 (San Cristobal Island & Santa Cruz Island) – Ecuador
23rd-26th June 2018 Some of my final days in the Galapagos were spent on the island of San Cristobal. Of all the inhabited islands, it had the best-maintained town and it was close to Tijeritas Hill; a spot famous in the archipelago for being a nesting zone for frigates. Whilst walking around the area IContinue reading “Travelblog SA#6: Galapagos Part 3 (San Cristobal Island & Santa Cruz Island) – Ecuador”