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Week 11 Diary

Posted By Brian Mayger on November 26th, 2009
Filed In: Bupa Ecuador Challenge 2009, Uncategorized

Apologies for interrupting week 12, but my blogs from week 11 didn’t make it onto the Community Connections website.  I have added my blogs below retrospectively.  Thank you to Claire and all the week 11 team for making the experience so memorable for me… Day Numero Uno. After a long wait (and long flights!) week 11 are finally here in Ecuador! Today we visited Miraflores for the first time, and had a welcoming ceremony from the local community.  Gradually, each [...]

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