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 […]
May brings us up to the present day in Villa Maria… The team all dressed up and ready for the Sunday show… So here’s this week’s update 🙂 We’ve now reached the end of our third week in Villa Maria, and I don’t think we’ve seen the time go by. It’s all gone so quickly! […]
The Andean Expedition team have arrived back in La Paz after a few days deep in the Bolivian Jungle, exploring the waterways of the Pampas. Here are a few photos of their time getting back to the wild! Ty embraces his inner Indiana Jones… Relaxing jungle style… Cruising at sunset… Izzy gets to grips with […]
So today is Shrove Tuesday…and all of us here in the Quest Office will be spending our evening eating our body weight in pancakes (excpet for Si…he’s on a detox). In honour of this, and to help the culinary challenged out there here’s the BBC Good Food recipe for the Perfect Pancake… 1. Blending in […]
International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900’s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. 1908Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women’s oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and […]
Sorry I’m Late Folks Here we are in our last few days at what has become a friendly home away from home, adding the finishing touchs to our newly built pigsty and the various other projects nearing completion. Needless to say that while the Locals are making this week as special as possible with gifts, […]
Sorry I’m Late Folks Here we are in our last few days at what has become a friendly home away from home, adding the finishing touchs to our newly built pigsty and the various other projects nearing completion. Needless to say that while the Locals are making this week as special as possible with gifts, […]