Today six of us climbed the active volcano Cotopaxi. It was a great acheivement as we all made it to the refugue despite not feeling too good. On the way up we had some cocoa tea which did help with the altitude. Heavy snow settled in whilst we were enjoying a nice cup of hot chocolate in the refugue. It took about 2 hours to climb but only 20 minutes to come down as you didn´t have to keep on [...]

Today was our last day on the site but we arrived quite late to do any work due to practising our dance routine to macho man! The goodbye presentations were emotional and we presented the children with new uniforms as well as p.e equipment and microscopes. After this emotional goodbye where I have to admit I did cry, we had a really nice meal at the volunteer house. I think whenever I hear the song macho man I will be [...]