This is our fifth visit to Belize, our third trip to Punta Gorda, and this time we’ll be staying for five weeks, diving with ReefCI and then renting an apartment and just hanging with the locals. For our first few days here we’re staying at our favourite local inn, the Coral House Inn, before we… Continue reading A day in Punta Gorda
Tag: wildlife
Central America coming up!
You may know that Chris and I have sold everything and are permanent travellers. We are mixing in working as volunteers on various conservation projects, with travelling and staying in interesting places, and living as much as possible with the locals. We’ve just spent Christmas in England with family, after a wonderful three months in… Continue reading Central America coming up!
Volunteering or Voluntourism?
This post first appeared in Retirement and Good Living blog. Whether retired baby-boomers or gap-year kids, it seems more and more people are getting involved in international volunteering. What is it, and how do you choose which project to get involved in?
Snapshots of life in Emakhosini Opathe Wildlife Reserve
Pounding posts into the ground, slashing grasses with a panga, so the waving grass doesn’t trigger the camera, and waste pictures. Watching giraffes watching us, as we drive by. Gazing at lovely kudu with the huge ears, laughing at impala, as they jump around and scamper off, not knowing which way to run.