| | |  | Bak to the jungle
2007-04-16, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So from Thurs to Sun last week, went bak to the Sinchi Sacha cabins in Ahuano with Iván, cos he had two British tourists who spoke no Spanish an wanted me to act as a translator- in true Ecuadorian st... |
| | | | | Mon-Weds
2007-04-05, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Just went up to Quito with Iván for a few days to get cédula (ID card) as part of my visa. It was a good trip, nice excuse to go to the capital again- mustve been like my 7th time or something. We vis... |
| | | | | Weekend in Ahuano prt 2
2007-03-19, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So yesterday after Iván an I managed somehow to get up at 7 to make pancakes for breakfast for the girls- he´s very good at cookin I am pleased to discover!- we went to the museum an the zoo in Ahuano... |
| | | | | Weekend in jungle in Ahuano prt 1
2007-03-18, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So went to the jungle this weekend with Iván, Keyla an the March volunteers- Debbie, Rachel (2), Vicki an Carol. Went on Friday an got to the cabins Sinchi Sacha (Magic Forest in Kichwa). After havin ... |
| | | | | Free raftin on Sat
2007-03-11, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | went rafting on saturday. Two of our friends, Tuti an Eduardo, are part of the rafting squad for Ecuador, and they have just won a competition to go to the world rafting competition in Korea represent... |
| | | | | Helen 3´s birthday
2007-03-12, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Ws Helen 3 an Tuti´s bdays on Sat night so we all went out. Played pub golf, which is where u pick 9 pubs an hav a chosen drink at each. U then hav to drink said drink in 1, 2 or 3 goes. I only manage... |
| | | |  | 4 days in the jungle
2007-03-05, tena, Ecuador. By: quierodedo | | yeah i went to the jungle!
it was so fun. awesome four days, three nights. the hostel didn´t really know what to do with me when i got back and they felt bad for not having a bed for me...so i we... |
| | | | | Goin to Colombia next week
2007-02-22, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Main news is that I´m off to Colombia next week- hav to leave the country an re-enter for visa issues, long story which involves Helen an Claire gettin very pissed off at i to i, but anyway all is rec... |
| | | | | Carnaval
2007-02-20, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So yesterday, we went to Mishuallí for the day, we being all the volunteers, plus Claire, Mely and Cora from Quito, then Pato, Fabio, Hugo (Iván´s brother who I´d only met the day b4 as he´s been in P... |
| | | | | New volunteers
2007-02-07, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So we have new volunteers now, making us something like 9 or 10, ridiculous amount!! There´s-
Nick, 18 from Bath teaching Eng for 3 months
Emma, 18 from Surrey teaching Eng for a month and leaving a... |
| | | | | Cass an Iván´s birthday
2007-02-09, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So on Tuesday, it ws Cass an Iván´s birthdays and we all went out for the night. Eliza had the amazin idea of us all dressing up like animals, so me, Helen 2, Cass an Rachel came as tigers, Helen 3 as... |
| | | | | Last day at school.... bit bizarre really
2007-02-02, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So turned up at school today only to find classes cancelled as there ws some sort of a party the night before an everyone ws chuchaki (hungover). Saw a couple of children an a few stalls were still va... |
| | | | | My Chambira Project
2007-01-31, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Yeah so erm I went 2 school yesterday only 2 b told that the school is closin for the whole month of Feb, so I only had 3 days of teachin left instead of 2 1/2 weeks, which ws a bit of a shock but the... |
| | | | | Went to Baños again!!
2007-01-29, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So, managed to finally meet up with Mely the following morning and we went to have brunch. Then we played cards in the main square- much to the amusement of the locals, we played cuarenta, a local gam... |
| | | | | Bizarre Week
2007-01-26, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | It´s been a bit of a bizarre week. Firstly, wen I get to school on Monday- strike is off now it seems- I find out that one of the teachers is in prison an has been since Friday because his wife or ex-... |
| | | | | Jumandy Caves 2 and River Napo Festival
2007-01-13, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So, yesterday, me, Helen 2 (as she must now be referred to) and the new volunteers (Helen 3, Liz and Eliza) went to the Jumandy Caves with Pato, Fredy, Richard and Alex. Ws a little more dangerous thi... |
| | | | | New volunteers
2007-01-12, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Just a quick update to say that we´ve just had 5 new volunteers come- Helen (yes, there are 3 Helens now!) who´s English and is gonna be teaching in Talag with Helen 2; Liz, who´s Canadian and is gonn... |
| | | | | my New Years
2007-01-02, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So, on 31st Dec, we somehow ended up in a karaoke bar/ cabin lodge place, as they´re owned by Tolo, a friend of Diego´s. That was around 6/7pm our time so we celebrated French New Year and English New... |
| | | | | Rafting Trip
2007-01-02, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | On Saturday, me, Mely, Claire and the other Helen went rafting with Tobías (Daniel´s brother, recently returned from the US with his wife) and Tuti. Got a call on the way back from Baños the day befor... |
| | | | | Baños Trip- Days 2 an 3
2006-12-31, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | On Weds, we went to see all the cascadas in the area in what´s called a chiva, which is kinda like a truck only theres a cage on top that u can sit in, I´ll try an find a picture on the internet to sh... |
| | | | | Baños Trip- Day 1
2006-12-31, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So, me, Paulo and Helen arrived in Baños on Tues at midday and headed to the zoo and serpent house with Paulo´s cousin, Roberto. Then, halfway through the tour, Helen goes, "Can I have some water, I f... |
| | | | | Otavalo Trip
2006-12-24, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So I arrived in Quito on Tuesday an after a few relaxing days an really good nights out, we went up to Otavalo on Friday afternoon to spend the night an then see the market on Sat mornin, as that´s th... |
| | | | | Comunidad Trip
2006-12-18, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Last weekend, me, the other Helen, Claire and German went to some comunidades near to San Pedro. First saw the house he grew up in and visited his uncle and family- his uncles a shaman, so performed a... |
| | | | | A few bits + pieces from my week
2006-12-14, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Tues- some kid tried to break in2 my room 2day when I was out teachin as the hooks that hold the padlock in place were bent out of shape, but thnakfully, they didn´t succeed in gettin in and all my st... |
| | | |  | Night out in Tena
2006-12-09, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Last night was excellent! First we met this USAn and invited him to go out to dinner with us, then took him to a house party round Ramiro´s- it ws his niece´s birthday- and we got some more Kichwa mus... |
| | | | | Ahuano trip
2006-12-09, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Well, my Irish mother- Claire- and my ñaño (brother)- Javier- came down on Thurs for the weekend so we could go to Ahuano on Fri and Sat and hang out in TEna Sat eve and Sun. So, we all went out on Th... |
| | | | | Volcano, theme park, cinema (yey!!!), Virgin of Quito and free outdoor concert
2006-12-04, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | On Saturday, with a refreshed and much-less-tired Claire, and a much less chuchaki (hungover) Javier, I went up Volcán Pichincha in a cable car- well, part way up. Up to 40,000 feet according to Clair... |
| | | | | Isaac´s Birthday
2006-11-29, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Yesterday was Isaac´s birthday- as well as Dave´s- so I gave him The Snowman book in the mornin along with a Winnie-the-Pooh card. He didn´t seem that impressed with it (had tried to buy him the stuff... |
| | | | | El Arca and Election Results
2006-11-27, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | On Sun morning, me, Javier, Claire and Laura went to El Arca as Laura had not seen any animals at all during her time here in Ecuador. Its been interesting to meet up with her again, as shes had such ... |
| | | |  | Waterfalls, Tubing and Rafting in the Jungle
2006-11-25, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Claire came down on Thurs from Quito with Laura, a girl who´s living with her in Quito in the same house and was the first i-to-i person I met as we caught the same plane together to the country. So a... |
| | | |  | Girls Last Night
2006-11-19, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | 40 mins ago, Claire and Emma got on the bus to Quito, the former to teach English there until the end of Jan and the latter to fly to Buenos Aires on Tues and travel through that country and Uruguay t... |
| | | | | 15 de noviembre
2006-11-16, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Yesterday was 15 de noviembre, which is the anniversary of the Foundation of Tena, so fiesta all day! Started with a parade that went on all morning, which we saw with Clever, Marielisa, Germán, Rafae... |
| | | | | Wayusa Warmi and More Teaching
2006-11-13, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | On Fri, we all went out and then again on Sat for the election of the Wayusa Warmi, which is like a Miss World competition. We stayed for a while then left after discovering it was going to go on til ... |
| | | | | Parade, Fireworks and Live Music
2006-11-10, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Yesterday, we went into town for the parade at 3, which included all kinds of things from traditional sierra and oriente dancing, school children waving from cars, military displays... At one point, t... |
| | | | | Fiesta
2006-11-09, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Alex came back to visit last night, which was great!! Got a phone call at 6.30 tellin me he was comin, so had to eat in a rush and dash into town to meet him. First we went to a grocerers to buy stuff... |
| | | | | Tubing again
2006-11-06, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Yesterday, after sleeping until 10.30ish, went into town to meet up with Claire, Franky, Lisbed and supposedly Richard- but with the whole key problem, who knows where he was, didnt expect him to turn... |
| | | |  | Alex came!!!
2006-11-05, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Yesterday, after a lazy morning in Tazayacu, we went into town to catch the bus out to Misahuallí. We got there about 2ish and had a look around the shops etc and found a CD shop. We´ve been trying to... |
| | | |  | Annabel´s poem
2006-11-04, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Mum bought a card for Annabel´s family with a poem inside. I thought it was beautiful and would like to share it with you all:
Life’s Pathway
At times life’s path
Seems filled with things
That m... |
| | | | | Fredy and Richard...oh my goodness!!
2006-11-04, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Last night was interesting! Went to Arañas first with Claire and Emma, then before long, Richard turned up with 4 of his siblings and then Fredy came along. They phoned poor Alex to tease him- "I´m wi... |
| | | | | List of friends to avoid confusion!
2006-11-04, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Realise that you´re all getting confused about who´s who, so here´s a list:
VOLUNTEERS:
Carol- 60, worked in guardería for Sept only
Steph- 19, worked as teacher for Sept and Oct
Emma- 29, worked ... |
| | | | | Shopping
2006-11-03, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | shopping trip very productive- got some good bargains and one woman working on a market stall stopped me and asked, "Do you live in Tazayacu?" and i said yes, and then she said she works at the school... |
| | | | | Encargados and cascadas
2006-11-03, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | On Wednesday, Alex left early for Shangrila whilst I was teaching in Chambira. We had a little event in the afternoon to celebrate el dia de los muertos which is 2nd November and becuase one of the te... |
| | | | | Tuesday evening
2006-11-02, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | After teaching Barrio Amazonas kids on Tuesday, went to meet Alex again and we first went to the market to get him kitted out for Shangrilá- underwear, toothpaste etc- and then went along to his old s... |
| | | | | Annabel
2006-11-02, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Heard about Annabel on Tuesday and obviously was very upset as such. Alex was very good with me, and told me not to worry too much, that these things just happen and that if she were to die, it was ju... |
| | | | | Quito trip
2006-10-30, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So, on Sat night, we pottered around with the boys for a few hours then went to have dinner in a lovely restaurant with a fire, then went to a bar for the evening. Played pool and I surprised myself i... |
| | | | | Jumandy Caves and Puyo
2006-10-23, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Lots of stuff has happened since 18th, but don´t have time to go through it all. Most exciting things were going to the Cavernas de Jumandy, just North of Archidona on Saturday and having a picnic the... |
| | | | | The children were LEARNING today!!!
2006-10-18, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Yesterday, was so REFRESHING to teach Barrio Amazonas kids after having pitiful lesson with 4to (although other two lessons of day were fine). They just want to learn and do the work. They did 6 sheet... |
| | | |  | | | | | | Las Orquídeas
2006-10-15, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Yesterday, Alex and I went to Archidona to look for non-existant market (all the locals kept pointing South of the town, but we saw nothing!!) and then bumped into Alba who recommended we went to this... |
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