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The End…
Dear friends, This is it, the final letter. Thank you for sticking with me this long. This edition comes a bit late, as on the date I was due to write it, the day before I left Bolivia, I came down with what felt like COVID. Then as soon as I hit UK soil, as…
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13th July – 15th August: Colombia Special
Dear friends, I hope you are well. I am two weeks into travelling and I have fallen in love. Now before you panic and think I’m not coming back, because I have secretly eloped with someone. It’s a place. I am in love and thoroughly enchanted by Jardín, Colombia, which is where I am writing…
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11th June – 13th July: Cusco Special
Dear friends, I hope this letter finds you well. 10 months, 10 letters. This letter contains all my Cusco adventures with a few Iquitos anecdotes thrown in. I only have 2 weeks left in Iquitos and working at RAREC, so the next letter will be from Colombia! I’ll start with my holiday. There’s a reason…
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14th May – 11th June
Dear Friends, As always, I hope this letter finds you well. Another month gone, meaning I’ve been here nine months now! But the end is near, my replacement has arrived and is in training. I go on Holiday to Cusco in five days, to see Machu Picchu, for two weeks and then I only have…
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16th April – 14th May
Dear Friends, As always, I hope you are well! I’ve heard good news from many of you, including pregnancies and engagements, so congratulations! On my part, I have survived another month, although only just… You may remember in my last letter me explaining about the combi’s and some journeys into town and back. Well the…
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14th March – 16th April
Dear friends, As always, I hope this letter finds you well. It has been a busy month and I have a lot to tell you. Firstly, I forgot to mention in my last letter a little anecdote that happened on the reserve walk. As there was only two of us, my volunteer and me, to…
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14th February – 14th March: Six month special!
Dear Friends, As always, I hope this letter finds you well. I can’t believe I’ve been here 6 months already, I only have 4 and a half months left until I leave on the 1st of August. I am leaving one month early to meet up with friends in Peru and travel during August. I…
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10th January – 14th February
Dear Friends, I hope this letter finds you well. Once again, another month has passed, I have been here 5 months! As always, January seemed to have 50 days so it feels like an age since I wrote. The monkeys were caught shortly after my last letter, and a resemblance of peace returned to the…
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12th December – 10th January 2024
Dear Friends, I hope this letter finds you well. Another month has passed, Happy New Year! This month has been a long month, compared to how quickly the other 3 passed. A lot has happened here… Macho, the woolly monkey I mentioned in my last letter, passed away a few days later. Now little Tortilla…
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23rd November – 12th December
Dear friends, I hope this letter finds you well. I’ve been here 3 months! I have been very busy but am settled in completely now (I’m even driving like a local) and things have improved since I first started. I will be moving to a room on my own (made of bricks and concrete!) and…
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