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Adventures in Estonia: Day 4

Hay Making and Rides in the Mobile Sauna Day 4. 30 July 2003 Wednesday. Our thirty-seater German school bus arrives shortly after 9.15 to take us to the farm and to our first day of work. It is after barely…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 3

“So – that’s it. I think.” Day 3. 29 July 2003 Tuesday. It’s the first morning on Saaremaa and I wake early – this time due to the uncomfortably hard beds – or boards – as we like to call…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 2

Whatever happened to…? Day 2. 28 July 2003 Monday. Rising from my slumbers at six-thirty, I shower and repack my rucksack for the day ahead. Later, as others emerge from their rooms, and we discuss how much sleep we have…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 1

( or The Crazy Gang and the Curse of the Sacred Tooth ) Crazy But Cool Day 1. 27 July 2003 Sunday. Shortly after 3pm I was joined at Gatwick by Vicky – as promised from the Gatwick Express –…

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From Hölar to Jökulsárgljufur

Wednesday. ‘Welcome home to Hölar!’, we are greeted in this way by Bjäkk, our tour guide for this morning. This is the traditional welcome for all people, no matter where they come from, or where they are headed, for Hölar…

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Welcome home to Hölar

Tuesday. Arriving at Heathrow Terminal 1, the adventure begins with the first task, the excitement of spotting fellow conservation volunteers. More thance do the four letters B, T, C and V get put together a question, result in blank looks…

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