All posts by questoverseas

  Congratulations to Bethany Ecroyd from St Christophers Sixth Form College in Accrington for winning this year’s Jane Goodall Roots and Shoots Award for Individual Endeavour! This is a quite impressive feat considering there are around 1,500 schools in the UK which take part in the Roots and Shoots programme, and who knows how many […]

Before setting off for the project phase in Lima, the Villa Maria team took full advantage of their final weekend in Ecuador with a few days at the beach. Read on… We arose at Mompiche to the sound of the ocean crashing onto the beach. This place was incredible. Our hostel, like all other buildings […]

Before setting off for the project phase in Lima, the Villa Maria team took full advantage of their final weekend in Ecuador with a few days at the beach. Read on… We arose at Mompiche to the sound of the ocean crashing onto the beach. This place was incredible. Our hostel, like all other buildings […]

Hi there this is Tiahna and Max, we are meant to be writing the blog this week so here we go. After a great weekend we were eased back into school life with a trip to elmercado de brujas, or the witch’s market. it was a strange place, many lama foetus’, toucans beaks and the […]

Hi there this is Tiahna and Max, we are meant to be writing the blog this week so here we go. After a great weekend we were eased back into school life with a trip to elmercado de brujas, or the witch’s market. it was a strange place, many lama foetus’, toucans beaks and the […]

Emily’s Blog:As Big Momma this week I started in the best way I possibly could finding my chickies a big Baba – old member of the Iraqi tribe who even though was crooked in normal life could be straight for their dancing. We weren’t at home (Wa’angaray) for the usual Big Momma swap over ceremony […]

Emily’s Blog:As Big Momma this week I started in the best way I possibly could finding my chickies a big Baba – old member of the Iraqi tribe who even though was crooked in normal life could be straight for their dancing. We weren’t at home (Wa’angaray) for the usual Big Momma swap over ceremony […]

It’s a little on the late side as they’ve been back home for 2 weeks but here’s the photos and stories from the last few days of this year’s Andean Summer Expedition…It’s a long one! So after a luxurious night in Puno (big beds and hot showers) we set off refreshed to explore Lake Titicaca, […]

Here’s the low-down on the Villa Maria Team’s second week out at the project…muchas gracias to Connie for sending this one through! Second week of our Villa Maria jourmey and everyone started getting used to the cold weather and unreliable shower temperature. We were just finishing our first house and did more constructing work for […]

And here’s the blog to go with the last photos of the team! Hola muchachos!! The day started when Pete and James stumbled into our shared dorm at 4 in the morning after a few too many “forced” cervezas with big Quest boss Jon “el Jefe”. This boded well for ice climbing a few hours […]