planting trees

Week at Jactun Sasha

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April 17th 2011
We headed up to the field station at Jatun Sacha on sunday afternoon by pick up... and the only way to travel is in the back! The girls had a great time travelling in local style. We got allocated to the dorms, and then had a orientation of the charities aims before we spent the next week working hard! The work included clearing an area of mora [blackberry) by machete, digging out the roots, and r ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos » San Cristóbal Island

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more