Ecuador’s Rainforests Through friends in Quito I had the opportunity to be an Expedition Leader for a British group of Gap year students, taking them into the Jungle where I would spend a week and half helping with conservation with all expenses covered not to mention pay as well. So naturally I jumped at the opportunity. The Tropical Rainforests of Ecuador are unique among the World as they contain so much variety of plants and animal species, not in great amounts but in great diversity. There are 300 different species of trees found in one hectare alone compared to North America which has 500 species in its entirety also there are around 25 000 species of plants present in the country, which represents approximately 10% of all plants in the world of these plants two ... read more

So my trip to the Coast began around five in the morning, not that I was aware of the fact being extremley drunk and pretty much falling into the car and going into a deep coma sleep. Pablo who runs the Apu Inty Spanish school I currently study at was the designated driver with his girlfriend Sheir from America playing Shotgun with me in the back. The first half of the journey was a semi conscious awareness that the air pressure was changing along with an increase in temperature as we drove down towards the coast. Consciencess came in the form of a jolt and the knowledge that three of four tyres had just been burst hitting a crater in the road, something that VW car is less than capable of contending with. Luckily the repair ... read more

The Big Apple, more than happy to take a bite out of it for a week. The place has something for everyone and is so diverse from its food, to choice of shopping, entertainment right through to the people who live there. When I first arrived I had already said thank you in Thai and Indian after the Nigerian taxi driver had dropped me off. New York has many many layers to it and it would take more than a life time to discover them all so I was more than happy take a slice from the Bar and tourist scene. Walking in to China town was great as you really do leave New York and enter China, it seems here there is no integration but thats actually what makes it work. I saw no Westerners ... read more

Phnom Penh Is another bustling city which is more Delhi than Kuala Lumpur, but if you have the opportunity head for some of the guest Houses situated by the Lakes as they have wonderful views and a far more relaxed atmosphere away from the noise and dust of the city centre. Walking is a good way to see the city as its not too big and is easy to navigate around, it also gives you a better sense of the place in its entirety rather than heading from tourist site to tourist site. Tuol Sleng The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum or S-21 as its more commonly known, and the Killing fields. This is more about the sites ive seen than what ive been up to as it will be something to reflect on when I return. ... read more