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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2010]
I was in Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos Islands. While out surfing, I was bitten by a shark. I was able to walk to the nearby medical center where I got ten stitches to close the wound and a course of antibiotics. How WN Helped They paid for the treatment ... Read more >
Tags: bite, galapagos, shark, stitches
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [1371] | Scholarship Entry
I am 27 years old and I first saw the sky, and what lies under the sea surface, a couple of years ago. Do not get alarmed, fortunately I have no vision problems, neither I have been kept in a dark hideaway. Instead, picture myself living happily in the ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1336]
Can you believe that on my very last night at my volunteer placement two new volunteers arrived? Just my luck. But it's time to look forward, for now that my volunteer work has come to an end for this trip, the rest of the vacation begins. This is another ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 | By dannygoesdiving | Views [1307]
Day 1: I had checked out the biking tours in Quito and 'Biking Dutchman' was recommended ( www.bikingdutchman.com ). I chose the $100, 2 day tour that incorporated two places I wanted to visit - Cotopaxi National Park & Quilotoa. I arrived ... Read more >
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 | By treezy | Views [1028]
I´ve been out of touch the last few weeks, because I have been volunteering in another sanctuary, this one very close to the Amazon jungle near a small town called Mera. The sanctuary, Merazonia ( http://www.merazonia.org/drupal/?q=home ) couldn´t ... Read more >
Thu, 1 Mar 2012 | By mattandnetty | Views [946] | Comments [2]
Up at 6 this morning to pack. Taxi pick´s us up at about 8.15 at takes us the 30 minute ride to Quitumbe, the main bus terminal. We are very suprised at how modern it is. We make our way to the counters, that say Baños. There are 3 of them and as ... Read more >
Mon, 5 May 2008 | By trondbond | Views [938]
Heisann kjære dere alle sammen. Jeg vil nå fortelle dere om hva som skjedde på fotballbanen i bloque 17 onsdag 30 April 2008. Hvorfor? Jo fordi det er nødvendig, men ogsaa fordi det var en oppfordring fra min romkamerat Johan å gjøre det. Det kan være ... Read more >
Tue, 3 Jun 2008 | By mueller-san | Views [837]
Friday May 2, 2008 I practiced my lie on the way home tonight. Walking the three blocks up the winding Lorezo Piedra, around the piles of crumbled stone from construction projects I never see being worked on, and past the green graffiti ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Sep 2015 | By brigidmaryprain | Views [674] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I am fit, adventurous and wise. Last year I backpacked through Colombia and Ecuador with two laptops, my camera and my zoom recorder. I was on a mission to spend a month volunteering deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon at the Tiputini Biodiversity Research ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By agrant | Views [657] | Comments [1]
Despite the trials of south American transit we did eventually make it to Baltra, Galapagos on time as scheduled. The adventure restarted immediately on arrival as we had forgotten the $100 entrance fee into the islands... Oops! We managed to scrape ... Read more >
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 | By farfalla | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 17 Dec 2006 | By lou | Photo Gallery
From the cloud forests in the north through to the edge of Peru
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Sun, 26 Jul 2009 | By avebella | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 22 Dec 2010 | By meghan | Photo Gallery
Our volunteer home in Ecuador
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