So after 2.5 weeks of working away on a building site, it became time to say our goodbyes and move on. We had to stand up in front of the whole volunteer group and do a speech each (not in Spanish this time which was handy!) and then completed our final day on site whereby the awesome tiling team of Dave and Emily (almost) completed tiling the last room. Dave and Emily have now learnt the skills of sanding, rendering, concrete mixing, concrete floor laying and ...

Once settled in and introductions over with, Dave and Emily headed off to there chosen volunteer project which is called the ´French Hospital´. This is a local hospital run by Cuban doctors. The project is to build an extension to the existing hospital with new clinics and facilities to help deal with the over demand for medical services within the area (in case you are wondering.....the ´French´ connection is because the funding for the project is from a F...

After an amazing rollercoaster experience of Cusco/Machu Picchu where we achieved a long held dream of completing the Inca Trail and the added bonus of our engagement, we headed off to Pisco for our 3 week volunteering. We were heading to a charity called ´Pisco Sin Fronteras´ (Pisco without boundaries) which was set up in the aftermath of a 7.9 earthquake in 2007 which devistated the town, destroying 80% of the homes in Pisco and killing 519 people killed (wi...