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Fri, 9 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1684]
It's inevitable that I have my favorites. It happens every time and there's no rhyme or reason to it. I have several this time, but I think the most special is Vanessa, who I've already mentioned. She's mentally sharp, but trapped in a body contorted ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, voluntourism
Thu, 8 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1671]
The neighbor's rooster is confused. Muy confundido. At 1:30 in the god-forsaken morning, he begins notifying all within earshot that dawn is at hand—a full 3.5 hours before the first rays of sun make their timid appearance. Soon after, the neighborhood's ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, voluntourism
Tue, 6 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1581]
This is going to be a challenge. This is my fifth volunteer trip. Of those five, only twice did I actually do the job for which I applied. It's funny how that works, but it's yet another instance in which you must 'go with the flow.' Well this time, ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, language, voluntourism
Sun, 4 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1379]
It's been a stressful summer at home. When I travel, I often feel "ready" for a vacation , but I don't recall ever feeling quite as desperate for time away as I have before this trip. Here's a little story to illustrate just how much I've cracked ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, voluntourism
Sat, 3 Sep 2011 | By blas | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
In such mind blowing location where nature and society merge, animals do not fear people, instead, are even more curious than oneself.
After an amazing surf where tortoises swim below your feet in transparent turquoise waters and sea lions share some ...
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Sat, 27 Aug 2011 | By graham-loes-fitton | Views [294]
After a whole day of surf for Grom on Tonga Reef, where he hits his head on a swimming turtle after falling in when riding a wave, and lost another fin on the shallow reef and then sold his board. We went back to Loberia beach to our Mangrove tree ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 | By graham-loes-fitton | Views [367]
As I´m sitting on the sea bed all by myself it suddenly hits me. This is really cool. I´m diving! Graham finally got me this far as I´m a bit unconfortable under water. We found a really nice dude named Shy at the Wrecked bay dive center. Who gives ... Read more >
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 | By graham-loes-fitton | Views [351]
He slowly looks up at me while chewing on his bit of grass, seeing mild intrest in his acient eyes. They are facinating creatures these giants tortiose, who reach an adge of 150 years when their shiel has a diameter of over a meter. They have a snake ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Aug 2011 | By graham-loes-fitton | Views [438]
Graham looks with facination at the little curious bird picking at his baby toe while he rests a bit after his surf on loberia beach. I just finished my yoga and found out that standing on your head on the beach is extra hard. once the sun gets to ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Aug 2011 | By colleen_finn | Photo Gallery
All photos taken by Colleen Finn
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Wed, 17 Aug 2011 | By graham-loes-fitton | Views [414]
I look up and see this black shape swim up along with Graham who is unaware that a sea lion just popped up for a little nosey. I am afraid to make any noise to alert Graham and scare away the little sea lion who is very curious as it turns out. after ... Read more >
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 | By elis82 | Views [3389]
Galapagos Islands - famed for Darwin, fauna, huge volcanoes and a history of pirates, whalers and convicts. All of our lives, we’ve been intrigued to see the islands about 1000km off the coast of Ecuador, to see what it was that inspired Darwin. In ... Read more >
Tags: ecuador, galapagos, wildlife
Sun, 7 Aug 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
250 of our favourite photos from Galapagos - it took a hell of a while to strip it down to this!
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Tags: ecuador, galapagos
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 | By positive_footprints | Views [7422] | Comments [1] | Video
WorldNomads.com Founder, Simon Monk and GapAdventures.com founder, Bruce Poon Tip travel to the Quichua community, deep in the heart of Amazonian Ecuador. It's been 20 years since the first Gap Adventures trip was run in the Amazon, when a special ... Read more >
Tags: amazon, community development, ecuador, education, gap adventures, international development, south america, sustainable tourism, world nomads
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