I thought travelling across the Atlantic away from work would mean no more early starts but how wrong I was. On most school days (Monday- Thursday) we have to leave the volunteer house by 6.30 am and the first day at school was no exception! The volunteer house is located on the outskirts of Puyo and all the schools we teach at are positioned along the Arajuno Road, the start of which isn't too far outside Puyo. However the Arajuno Road runs through many rural a...

So after being kidnapped by a native American, managing to escape and then getting caught in an earthquake, I have finally arrived! Only joking….but I have now arrived in Puyo! After leaving Heathrow at some ungodly time I caught a flight to Madrid, the flight was literally almost empty with perhaps about 40 people on one of those 6 seater across planes! I then had a few hours to wait in Madrid airport before catching the connecting flight onto Quito. During...