"A new adventure"

"15/07/2011"

I've thoroughly enjoyed the Central America journey, and my next adventure awaits as I head off to Tanzania - Australia and South America on a round the world trip.

In Tanzania I'm going to be running a volunteering project as part of the internship I've been involved in, in my final year, with the charity Read International www.readinternational.org.uk
Read International collects disused, but still good quality textbooks and fiction books, fundraises and sends these out to schools in East Africa. In just 6 years they have managed to send out 1 million books. We send out books that are relevant to the curriculum, so books that are political, or language books such as french can still be donated to the charity, as we are able to recycle or re-sell them through our partnerships and the funds also go to us. Books that get sent to East Africa are things like contemporary geography, English, maths, science, business studies, ICT, Classic novels.

In Tanzania I will be helping distribute the books in the region of Kagera, by Lake Victoria. In addition to this, I'll also be helping refurbish a library, a massive bonus for the region.

My Tanzania project ends on September 14th, and I fly to Darwin in Australia. I'm backpacking in the Northern territory for a while, before heading to Melbourne for a few days, and Sydney for a week(ish).
October 11th, I fly to Buenos Aires, journeying across to Chile, and northbound into Bolivia stopping via San Pedro de Atacama and Uyuni where the Salt Flats are. From Bolivia, I shall visit the rainforest and then travel into Peru, spending a large amount of time in Peru, also heading to Macchu Picchu. I also aim to link up with a contact from the charity Actionaid whilst in Lima.
November 15th I fly from Lima to Iguazzu Falls, Brazil and travel along the Brazilian coast around Ilha Grande en route to Rio de Janeiro. I fly home from Rio on November 29th arriving in Heathrow on November 30th. I am so excited!