Ecuador

The team set out for Ecuador in the early hours on Monday 12^th July with Adventureworks bags bulging and hair straighteners at the ready.  Just one week later, with memories of Quito and the Equator far behind, the team had worked hard to acclimatise and were now fit enough to ride horses up to 4300m.  Two days later every member of the group reached the hut on Cotopaxi at 4810m.  Some students even headed up to the glacier to savour the thin air a little longer and reach for 5000m.

The rest of the group was more tempted by the thick air of the plains and everyone was ready to help out working and playing with the children at Daniel's home.  An unplanned trip to casualty after a football accident saw AJ sporting a swollen cheek and a black eye.  Despite this, he was still the star of the group with the children at Daniel's.

The final step of the journey took the group deep into the jungle where rapids were overcome, species identified, stories told, dug out canoes overturned, Edisson songs sung and tarantulas faced.  Meeting the community in the Capriona village was an experience for everyone and living without electricity in the middle of the jungle not something the group will forget in a hurry.

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