Volunteering
Trip Start
Mar 24, 2006
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Trip End
Aug 26, 2006
Tsuraku,
Ecuador
Monday, May 1, 2006
at Puyo as Tsuraku is way to small to show up on the map.
Tsuraku is 51km south of Puyo and takes 2 hours to get to by bus! It
apparently has about 400 inhabitants made up by about 40 families but
it looks a lot smaller than that.
So far our volunteering experience has been pretty laid back. We are
only "work" for 4 and a half days so that we can get away on the
weekend. And only 1 or 2 of those days seem to be actual work. The
others are spent walking in the forest, doing bits and ends or just
nothing.
Apparently the forest around Tsuraku is only 30 years old and there
isn't a great deal of wild life (probably because the locals hunt it).
It is also no were near as hot as I expected and there are next to no
mosquitos - although there is some kind of blood sucking fly which
leaves quite an itchy bite.
It's nice being able to get away on the weekends as well.
