I had an amazing first day in Quito. This morning a new roommate arrived from Germany, and she is also traveling solo. She just left Peru after staying there for 1 month; very interesting hearing about her trip! I wanted to explore today as I'm not sure how long I will be volunteering each day this week. I invited my new roommate to site see as she had not been out just yet. The streets today were extremely quiet due to Sunday being a day of rest, much different ...

I am awaiting my plane from BWI to Florida. Thank you to all who called or text me this morning wishing me off; I greatly appreciate it! As of yesterday I finally felt prepared to go on the trip after the last three days being disorganized. My name and disorganization do no go hand in hand....not to toot my own horn. ::toot toot!!:: I'm looking forward to seeing the volunteer house and meeting people who I will band together with for the next week while I'm in...

Hi All! I'm preparing for my trip to Quito and Galápagos! Haven't packed yet even though I'm leaving on Saturday...two days from now. For those who know me, I'm a huge planner so this is veryyyyyyyy unlike me. Come to think of it though, the last two trips I booked last minute too. Anyways, I researched volunteering for several months after I accepted the job with summers off and immediately thought, "where to next?" Why not do something meaningful while explor...