Animal Madness Vol 4 I returned to the rescue centre feeling much better than when I left. I was excited about the challenge and I did a week’s handover with Helen where she showed me all the morning checks and…
Trying to do the Quilotoa Loop and failing miserably
Latacunga As I had been up all night from the shamanic ritual, I had the most unattractive sleep on the crowded bus to Latacunga, I must have looked like a total wreckhead. The most impressive thing about Latacunga is that it…
What’s it like to be ‘cured’ by a shaman?
Shamanism Before and during my trip to South America I suffered from a health issue that meant I was continually bleeding for over a year. This was on account of using the contraceptive injection as a form of birth control…
Learning Spanish in Ecuador’s Otavalo
For our last night in Quito, Steph and I had drinks in the new town followed by a shawarma. The next day we parted ways at the horrible Quito bus station and I got the bus to Otavalo. She texted…
My Ecuador animal rescue centre diaries Vol 3
Animal Madness Vol 3 As well as the families poor treatment of the dogs, the thieving habits of Carlos continued for the whole time that we were living there, and he was like a magpie in terms of the useless…
My Ecuador animal rescue centre diaries Vol 2
Animal Madness Vol 2 Let’s continue our wander through the animals of the rescue centre, starting with the creatures that I found the most menacing and that was the parrots. I genuinely found the parrots to be more fucked up…
My Ecuador animal rescue centre diaries Vol 1
Animal Madness Vol 1 I was about ten years old when I made the discovery that animals weren’t all they seemed in pictures and in stories. I used to beg my parents to take me to the zoo at every…
Why should we care about the Amazon rainforest?
As the Amazon rainforest burns I thought I would elaborate on the ecosystem that supports us as well as many incredible animals. I have seen the Amazon described by the National Geographic as ‘an incubator of life’ and having lived…