I spent 8 weeks with the Andean or Spectacled Bear Project in Northern Ecuador. Initially, it was hard to settle as I was bored and unsure if I fitted in but ended up having a great time and did not want to leave. I became very fit again and liked having no Read more
WEEKS ONE AND SIX Week One was for training and orientation. The study area in the Intag region on the western Andean slopes is part of the Choco Bioregion extending into S Columbia and is one of the ten most biologically important areas of the world. We usually got the Read more
I have happy memories 8 years on of the various social aspects with the Bear Project. I had a lot of fun travelling around in the local buses or hitching rides in everything from dumper trucks, jeeps, open cattle trucks, horses and bikes in the sun and wind through stunning scenery. One night Read more
Some of the Aussies from the Galapagaos Trip were going to the small Secret Garden hostel with fabulous views of Cotopaxi about 2 hours south of Quito. This sounded good and so I spent 2 days there enjoying very social, relaxed surroundings of communal meals, walking and mountain bike trips Read more