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Diary of a volunteer project in EcuadorMeet Alice and Jess, two intrepid lasses heading off to volunteer in exotic Ecuador for the next few months...This cheese-loving duo will be taking part in a combination placement with The Leap which includes working with local communities to develop medicinal gardens, breeding piranhas and teaching English to local guides.  They decided on these projects as they felt that the variety of practical placements (one in a rainforest and the other at a coastal location) and volunteer work would give them a good cultural experience. The opportunity to do both community and conservation work on the trip also appealed, as did working alongside a group of other like-minded travellers. The lasses are joining their project group a month late, but hope to bond quickly thanks to their super-size stash of Haribos, Marmite and Heat magazine.Once the volunteer work is over, Alice and Jess plan to travel independently for three weeks where (fingers crossed) they'll end up in Peru. Must-dos include a trip to the Galapagos Islands and trekking the Inca Trail, should budgets allow. But other than that, they just want to go with the flow until they fly back to the UK from Lima at the end of December So how do you breed piranhas? Will Marmite and Haribos make effective bribes? Will a cash crisis mean they'll be begging for a piggy back up Machu Picchu? All these answers and more in their gapyear.com diary...  Click here >> for more info on Jess and Alice's project Click here >> for more on all placements offered by The Leap Follow the diary of Jess and Alice in full here...
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