I arrived in Ecuador having just finished volunteering in the Dominican Republic working in the National Aquarium. It had been 3 years since I had last been in South America and there was a nice feeling of returning to something familiar. This was my first time in Ecuador but the similarities with other South American countries (especially Peru) were evident. After seeing the sites of Quito I made my way down the Andes to Puyo. I had booked a volunteer project with an animal rescue centre whilst I was in the Dominican and didn’t really know what to expect. I was met at the bus station by Gloudina and was taken to into the jungle (the bus broke down twice along the way and I thought to myself “I remember this!”) Walking up the path to
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