Ecuador adventures on my own

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I arrived in Ecuador on the 1 st of October after a horrible 36hr trip from Dublin between elays and travel sickness it was hellish.
Flew into Quito but didnt spend any time there, got on a bus and headed straight to Riobamba where id organised to volunteer with http://www.ecuadorecovolunteer.org/. turns out there are amazing run by and ecuadorian and an australian they are and eco friendly organisation which works with the local communities directly whiich not only keeps the pric down but you know the money is going were it should.
they have this beautiful guesthouse for volunteers to stay before you go to your project its family based so there always people about i really enjoyed it. slept pretty much for two days coz of my jetlag so didnt get to see much of riobamba. headed to Puyo on the Monday to be picked up by Midardo who is in charge of the animal rescue centre where im staying. it is about half and hours drive from Puyo into the jungle. thankfully it is better than i imagined running water, toilets, showers, kitchen. you do have to make your own meals but it turns out that added to the fun we tried to eat at the same time in the evenings which turned into banter and gigles at the dinner table.
the centre is cool loads of animals monkeys tortoises, birds, snakes etc you feed them in the morning and evenings and do work during hey day

had my first encounter with a tarantula on tuesday morning it was asleep in my bathroom, one of he lads tried to get it out with a stick but it started running around like crazy fast little buggers. one of the ecuarorian students finaly caught it, urns ut it wasnt even that big lol.

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Photos

Maria Seelyo
feeding time