Tuesday 20th AprilCosy Travel!! Due to sleeping on one of the most uncomfortable and lumpiest beds I have come across I didn't get much sleep the night before but we were up early as usual to catch our 9am bus to take us to the border. What we had expected to be a fairly short trip to the border turned out to be much longer than expected. What we had expected to be a fairly comfortable ride also turned out to be a false hope as soon we realised that we were goin...

Hi All, Ok, I know it has been a while since my last blog update but after having an amazing time doing rainforest conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon the next step in my trip was Peru! So for the last 2 weeks I have been travelling around Peru and this is a fantastic country. I arrived in Lima and I met the rest of the team that I will be doing the trek with and going to Machu Picchu with. They were, Edgar (our guide), Elliott (from New Zealand), Charlotte...

Saturday 10th April Border Crossings & Long Journeys! Today was yet another early start and our first border crossing. We managed to grab breakfast of toast and pineapple from our hostel before boarding our shuttle at 8am en route for Guatemala. The early start meant that most of us used the initial journey time to continue catching up on sleep or to just relax and stare out of the window and admire the beautiful views. We had been warned that border cro...

Sunday 4th April Arrival! I arrived in Mexico City from Peru and because I had a transfer in Bogota in Columbia, customs were pretty thorough in checking all our luggage so we were all waiting for over 2 hours at the baggage claim before our luggage eventually came out. As I left the baggage reclaim, I saw the Frontier Tour Guide, Mike, waiting for me which was good, so after a quick “hello” we headed to the hostel in the centre of Mexico City and put all ...

Hi All, For the last 5 weeks I have been at the Global Vision International Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest Site which is in a remote location in the Yachana Reserve in Ecuador where we have been researching rare species, helping the conservation of the rainforest and volunteering on community projects on this remote and pioneering Amazon expedition in South America. I arrived on Thurs 11th Feb 2010 at Quito, the capital of Ecuador and it was great to see Chris, o...