Wednesday 20th July Blog from leader of the day Sabrina Shaikh After a more leisurely start from San Juan (8am), and pancakes &fruit for breakfast, we hoped onto a private mini- bus and made a journey of 90 minutes to Granada. This was our first visit to...
Blog from leader of the day Jack Riches Surf was due to be up but an issue with booking companies meant plans had to change - however Team Managua did get to "surf" but in a far more leisurely way. We were first treated to a political...
The final few days in Nicaragua. ...
Monday 18th July Blog from leader of the day Alfie Sherwin Starting at 3.30am in order to get the 6am ferry. We were a bit sluggish but managed to make the ferry. The ferry was very busy and space a bit cramped on seats with our bags. We...
Sunday 17th July Blog from leader of the day Gabriele Sartauskaite A successful day. Relaxed and organised leadership allowed students to have a more chilled day. After breakfast we packed our swimwear (and shower stuff!) and headed for El Ojo de AguaPrint. This was a natural spring lake that...
A brief outline of our project work. ...
Team Managua Project Team Overview What did we expect, walk into and leave?? Our written brief from True Adventure was to work in a school on Ometepe Island with an organisation called UGO, who oversee the projects on the island. It told us that we would be...
Saturday 16th July Blog from leader of the day Daisy Peaty Edited by Jack Riches Our natural alarm clock of howling monkeys, cows, pigs and the cockerel woke us up again. This time it was joined by an ants nest near a couple of tents (who did not...
Friday 15th July Blog from leader of the day Paige Hewitt Edited by Jack Riches We were woken up by howling monkeys. The aim of our day was to make sure all of the jobs were almost completed and we needed to give the children our gifts. We...
An outline of what each team were doing: Team Blanco Alfie, Paris, Mr Marks, Miss Dormer, Rosie Painting the white bars on Windows and the top half of the main school walls. Painting the bars was tiring and repetitive but it got done. One side was in the direct...