To the left there was a vast expanse of arid land with huge sand dunes dotted about, to the right there was the Pacific ocean in all its raw splendour; no manicured beaches, no hotels, just a random s...Read More
The main focus of our time in Santa Marta was around the work at the Tiempo de Juego foundation (https://tiempodejuego.org/). Day by day we built up relationships with the children and staff and...Read More
The ‘ Workaway’ placement was agreed for a month, but we hadn’t thought much about our onward plans. Japan had to be explored, and Christmas was rapidly approaching. It was going to be a v...Read More
It was strange that two families were living together under one roof having not know each other previously. Over the first few days, Yoshi and Kana outlined how their household was run but made us fee...Read More
It was quite something to think that the next chapter of our life was being decided by just one Skype call and a few emails; a leap of faith but the gut feeling was good. Japan hadn’t been on our li...Read More