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Greetings to one and all. My name is Alex and I’m officially 1 week into my new position as Operations Assistant at Quest Overseas. I dare say I’m learning the ropes as I make the various Questies acquaintance and try to ensure I don’t send our current applicants to the wrong continent. JOKE! Like the […]

Just a brief update this time as they are getting stuck into the project work – thanks Tilly for the post! After a long and dramatic flight we have arrived in Lima, Peru to start the volunteering phase of our trip. To begin with we were all filled with nerves as we didn´t know what […]

A Farewell to Villa Maria By Zoe, Tilly, and Tom Our last week in Villa Maria has rapidly approached, and we have began the process of reminiscing. We now laugh at our first impressions of Villa Maria, when staying here for a month seemed like a daunting and difficult task. Now after four weeks, which […]

Hi everyone!! I’m Teresa and I’ve just started my internship at Quest, I’m really excited!! I come from Madeira where I was born and raised. Madeira is a small Portuguese island, for those who don’t know Madeira I really advise to google it and look for more information ’cause it’s a beautiful place to live […]

Hola everyone! Having read some fantastic blog reports from the Villa Maria GAP team 2014, I felt it was about time there was a report from a Quest Leader ‘in the field’! My name is Matty and I am currently in the beautiful Bolivian City of Sucre. Sucre has a chilled out, relaxed atmosphere that […]

A Day in the Life of a Villa Maria Volunteer By Tilly Danby and Zoe Kayton Ten alarm clocks sound at 6.15 am and the team awakens with the good intention of going for a jog. On a usual day about half us will actually leave the cosy confines of our beds and head out […]

This past week, the 11 of us departed into the wilderness for our second trek. This time we were accompanied by 3 mules, their leader, Don Luis, and OUR beloved leader, Pedro. We trekked up and down mountainsides, passing waterfalls, many llamas, and lakes. One time we even needed to take off our hiking boots […]

Our first week went by in a flash of Spanish learning, speaking and exploring. Having arrived on the Monday morning in La Paz, we met Matty, the rugged explorer, in a bright yellow Mr Happy t-shirt with whom we got our delayed (Bolivian style) flight to Sucre. We settled easily into the hostel and despite […]

INTI WARRA YASSI – SUN MOON  STARS  Upon our arrival to Ambue Ari we were given packets of reading to do on the park and the animals there. Into the night (while the other volunteers slept, approximately 7:30 PM) we read and let the anticipation build; what cat would be ours? The first night in […]