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Jungle Living

Hey Everybody. Ok, here's an update on what I have been up to here over the past couple of weeks in Ecuador. After leaving Quito I swapped the busy streets and flashing lights of 'La Mariscal' for the laid back town of Puerto Quito. Although don't let the name fool you, this place could be nothing less like the capital.

Neasa, Rose and Annmarie in Vietnam!

The experience has been very rewarding but also challenging at times. As we were told during the interview and the predeparture workshop, your role as a volunteer can be quite unclear at first and it may seem that you don't have a role, however, we tried to focus on the children and contribute in any way we could.

Guess Who`s Back

Okay, I admit it; This post is SHAMEFULLY late. I do apologise, but A) I`ve been having far to much fun to even consider sitting still in front of a computer, and B) I`ve been trying to avoid English as much as possible!

'Discover the West of Ireland' Program 2009

The 2009 participants of "Discover the West of Ireland" share with you their experience and the opinions of the program and the Emerald Isle. From spending a day on Inis Mor, discovering the delights of Dublin city to talks with an Irish- Anglo literature expert this program offered a vast variety of activities to its participants.

Hong Kong Bound by Lara Ni Dhalaigh

Let me introduce myself... I’m Laura, 17 years of age, living in Fermoy but going to school in Coláiste An Phiarsaigh. I’m one of the twelve lucky young people who’ll be representing Ireland in a Youth Exchange to Hong Kong come the 10th of August. The beginning of my journey to Hong Kong began where all great things do... On Facebook!

Hallo Deutschland !!

On the 1st of August I will be embarking on a journey to Dessau in Germany as an Irish Ambassador for Eurocamp 2010. In this small town I will be living, working and integrating with 80 other European young people for 3 weeks.

When I first read about this EIL opportunity I saw it as an opportunity of a lifetime. I am looking forward to experiencing a range of different cultures and views on the modern EU. Of course, an improvement on my German language skills would be an added bonus!

Mexico 27/07/10 - Gastro Wars: The Empire Strikes Back!

....I don't even know anything about Star Wars....just go with me on the movie title theme!

So friends it appears I spoke to soon in my last blog about my good health. I have written a poem to explain exactly what happened since I last rambled. Here you go (the space is funny on this, there are suppose to be no spaces only every 6 lines)

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Japanese School! And such.

Nah. It can't be. It has NOT been over a week since I last posted! Because if that were true (which would be ABSURD), that'd mean that I'm over halfway through my trip! Which means I'm getting deported in under 3 weeks! :-O

South Africa : Chicken feet for dinner?! Kayamandi so far..!

Once I had got to the volunteer hostel in Cape Town I met lots of other volunteers,and ofcourse the generic volunteer conversation was had, this little almost interview like chat is generally to break the ice and to find out the core details. It goes along the lines of your name, where your from, how long you are here from and then; what project you are working on. Generally, I managed to get by the first 3 parts with no problems, I can say that most of the time, I succesfully managed to tell people my name, nationality and length of stay with absolutely no problems!

"Best of Ireland" 2010

Recent particpants on EIL Visit Ireland Road Scholar 'Best of Ireland' programme share their impressions of Ireland and of the programme. Among the activities they took part in were having dinner with Irish families in county Kerry, walking on the Burren with a local expert and discovering Galway and Dublin in the company of a historian and writer.

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