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Here’s the blog to go with the photos….courtesy of Ciara, Gen and Max – Enjoy! We spent two weeks at Parque Ambue Ari, a welcome change of pace from laborious construction work at Jacj Cuisi. After waking up to the sound of howler monkeys, we were all assigned our animals. These varied from monkeys to […]

Here’s the blog to go with the photos….courtesy of Ciara, Gen and Max – Enjoy! We spent two weeks at Parque Ambue Ari, a welcome change of pace from laborious construction work at Jacj Cuisi. After waking up to the sound of howler monkeys, we were all assigned our animals. These varied from monkeys to […]

After a long and wet month in the jungle working at our animal sanctuary project, we were eagerly awaiting a detailed blog update from our intrepid Bolivia team. Unfortunately, no sooner had they arrived in La Paz were they being whisked off into the mountains for some hard core ice climbing, so no time for […]

After a long and wet month in the jungle working at our animal sanctuary project, we were eagerly awaiting a detailed blog update from our intrepid Bolivia team. Unfortunately, no sooner had they arrived in La Paz were they being whisked off into the mountains for some hard core ice climbing, so no time for […]

It’s one of South America’s most iconic landmarks. Hundreds of thousands of people flock from around the world to wonder in its awesome setting. Since 1996, every Quest Overseas South America expedition team has made it their finale to a mind blowing adventure – but not this year, because it’s shut! The sacred Inca city […]

  Ever googled your own name or even looked up the company you might work for?  I did and was amazed by the amount of information that I found.  Here is an article dating back to 2007.  We were fantastic back then but are even better now!  Here is an article from the Guardian… Eco […]

A farmer in Devon has taken a rather unusual precaution to stop his sheep from being stolen…he’s dyed them bright orange!  Baa’d news for rustlers! Apparently sheep rustling has multiplied by five over the past year, and so it only seems sensible to try a n(ewe) tactic. The farmer with the brainwave has lost 200 […]

With the Villa Maria team now off on Expedition, and apparently not too fond of writing blogs, we wanted to post up a fantastic video of the team performing a dance routine to the strains of the 90s US boyband the Backstreet Boys…nice work guys. Can’t go wrong with a little public embarrassment in the […]

  The weeks since we left Lima have passed so quickly it already seems a distant memory. When we first arrived we were told that our time there would fly past, and that we would not want to leave when the time came, but few of us believed it as we first considered our new […]

“Relax and enjoy the view” were the wisw words of advice from our team leader as we drove away from the airport. Instantly several giraffes appear about 50 yards away from the road, and the sights didn’t cease to amaze for the rest of the journey – they still haven’t. From baboons scampering along the […]