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The week finished with Emily´s birthday. We all went out for dinner at Joyride where we enjoyed champagne and a western meal. She received a ´birthday surprise´ which consisted of a flaming shot, a helmet with a candle on top and a t shirt which we all signed. The night didn´t last too long as […]

Hello Faithful Readers, It’s me, Big Mama Kari, bringing you the weekly report. This week has been a whirlwind to say the least. Our hearts are a-flutter with “Secret Valentines” and our bodies are getting toned for the coming Expedition. Week Five started with the awesome experience of the homestays. Alix and I stayed with […]

Hello Faithful Readers, It’s me, Big Mama Kari, bringing you the weekly report. This week has been a whirlwind to say the least. Our hearts are a-flutter with “Secret Valentines” and our bodies are getting toned for the coming Expedition. Week Five started with the awesome experience of the homestays. Alix and I stayed with […]

Developing nations are often guilty of putting conservation very low on their list of priorities, with the provision of basic facilities (food, water, shelter) for their population inevitably a more pressing concern. Bolivia seems to be breaking the mold however, and have become the first nation anywhere in the world to pass a law making it […]

After a group of unknown strangers gathered at Heathrow airport, the almost palpable tension was broken by the discovery that Simon (Quest head office) had already entered the family trees of some of the team. Thanks to his organisation before checking in, we managed to successfully board the flight without the one video camera available. […]

After a group of unknown strangers gathered at Heathrow airport, the almost palpable tension was broken by the discovery that Simon (Quest head office) had already entered the family trees of some of the team. Thanks to his organisation before checking in, we managed to successfully board the flight without the one video camera available. […]

Here by popular demand (well, in actual fact, only demanded by Matt himself), Quest’s very own version of Where’s Wally … “Where’s Brimble?!”. Matthew Brimble, Quest leader in South America for some years now, is enjoying a break from the expedition lifestyle for a year or so here in the UK, but every now and then […]

Bolivia Gap Year Team 1 are fast shaping up to be my favourite team of the year with not one but two postcards from them landing on my desk in a matter of weeks. Take a look below! Inspired to do something amazing on your Gap Year? Why not apply to join Bolivia Gap Year […]

Bolivia Team 1 out on the Uyuni salt flats! After a very long and difficult journey filled with landslides and mud, we finally arrived in Rurrenabaque, to find the river too high to cross, so we were forced to stay there for the night. We were pretty pissed off about it as we wanted to […]

Bolivia Team 1 out on the Uyuni salt flats! After a very long and difficult journey filled with landslides and mud, we finally arrived in Rurrenabaque, to find the river too high to cross, so we were forced to stay there for the night. We were pretty pissed off about it as we wanted to […]